Matthew 13:16-18

Lexham English Bible

¹⁶ But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear. ¹⁷ For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it,^[a] and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it!^[b]

The Parable of the Sower Interpreted

¹⁸ “You, therefore, listen to the parable of the sower: