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


In Context

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

14 And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.

15 For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

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

17 For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.

18 Hear you therefore 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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