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Matthew 13:16-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 13:16-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
16 But blessed[a] are your eyes because they are seeing, and your ears, because they are hearing. 17 For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous ones desired to experience[b] the things which you are seeing, and they did not experience them, and to hear the things which you are hearing, and they did not hear them.
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- Matthew 13:16 Or, fortunate.
- Matthew 13:17 Or, see, but not the same word as next.
Matthew 13:16-17
New International Version
Matthew 13:16-17
New International Version
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.(A) 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see(B) but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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