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Matthew 13:8-18

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8 "And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a 1hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 "2He who has ears, let him hear."

An Explanation

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why * do You speak to them in parables?"
11 Jesus answered them, "3To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
12 "4For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
13 "Therefore * I speak to them in parables; because while 5seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 "In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, '6YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
15 7FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.'
16 "8But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
17 "For truly I say to you that 9many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

The Sower Explained

18 "10Hear then the parable of the sower.
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Cross References 10

  • 1. Genesis 26:12; Matthew 13:23
  • 2. Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22
  • 3. Matthew 19:11; Matthew 20:23; John 6:65; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Colossians 1:27; 1 John 2:20, 27
  • 4. Matthew 25:29; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18; Luke 19:26
  • 5. Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 42:19, 20; Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2
  • 6. Isaiah 6:9; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26, 27; Romans 10:16; Romans 11:8
  • 7. Isaiah 6:10; Psalms 119:70; Zechariah 7:11; Luke 19:42; John 8:43, 44; 2 Timothy 4:4; Hebrews 5:11
  • 8. Matthew 13:16, 17: {Luke 10:23, 24;} Matthew 16:17; John 20:29
  • 9. John 8:56; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10-12
  • 10. Matthew 13:18-23: {Mark 4:13-20; Luke 8:11-15}

Footnotes 6

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