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Matthew 13:17

World English Bible

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

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Matthew 13:17 in other translations

For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

Matthew 13:17 · American Standard Version

Matthew 13:17 in context

  1. 15for this people’s heart has grown callous,
    their ears are dull of hearing,
    they have closed their eyes;
    or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their heart,
    and would turn again;
    and I would heal them.’
  2. 16“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
  3. 17For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
  4. 18“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
  5. 19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.