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


In Context

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: " 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

15 For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

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

17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

18 "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:

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 Douay-Rheims 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.