Matthew 13:16
Matthew chapter 13 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Context
v.15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
v.16This passage
v.17For 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
- Luke 10:23
And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
- Luke 2:29
Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;
- Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
- Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.