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17 For I tell you the truth,[a] many prophets and righteous people longed to see[b] what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

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  1. Matthew 13:17 tn Grk “truly (ἀμήν, amēn) I say to you.”
  2. Matthew 13:17 sn This is what past prophets and righteous people had wanted very much to see, yet the fulfillment had come to the disciples. This remark is like 1 Pet 1:10-12 or Heb 1:1-2.

17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see(A) but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

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