Matthew 13:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ But ·you [^Lyour eyes] are blessed, because you see with your eyes and hear with your ears. ¹⁷ I tell you the truth, many prophets and ·good [righteous; just] people ·wanted [longed] to see the things that you now see, but they did not see them. And they ·wanted [longed] to hear the things that you now hear, but they did not hear them.

Jesus Explains the Seed Story^(A)

¹⁸ “So listen to the ·meaning of that story about the farmer [parable of the sower].