New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 13:16
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But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
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But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
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“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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But blessed [are] your⁺ eyes because they see, and your⁺ ears because they hear.
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Matthew 13
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; 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 truly I tell you, 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 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
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