16But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.


In Context

13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

15 For 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.

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

17 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.

18 Hear then ye the parable of the sower.

Matthew 13:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:16But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16|But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16'And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.