Matthew 13:5-15

5 "Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

6 "But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

7 "Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.

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.'

Cross References

• 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

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "upon"
• [b] Or "hear!" Or "listen!"
• [c] Lit "He"
• [d] Lit "For them"
• [e] Lit "With a hearing you will hear"
• [f] Lit "and"
• [g] Lit "Seeing you will see"