Matthew 13:15-19

15 ¹FOR 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 "²But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

17 "For truly I say to you that ³many 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 "⁴Hear then the parable of the sower.

19 "When anyone hears ⁵the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, ⁶the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 6:10; Psalms 119:70; Zechariah 7:11; Luke 19:42; John 8:43, 44; 2 Timothy 4:4; Hebrews 5:11
• 2. Matthew 13:16, 17: {Luke 10:23, 24;} Matthew 16:17; John 20:29
• 3. John 8:56; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10-12
• 4. Matthew 13:18-23: {Mark 4:13-20; Luke 8:11-15}
• 5. Matthew 4:23
• 6. Matthew 5:37

Footnotes

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