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Matthew 13:16-18
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 13:16-18
Contemporary English Version
16 (A) But God has blessed you, because your eyes can see and your ears can hear! 17 Many prophets and good people were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you they did not see or hear.
Jesus Explains the Story about the Farmer
(Mark 4.13-20; Luke 8.11-15)
18 Now listen to the meaning of the story about the farmer:
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Matthew 13:16-18
New International Version
Matthew 13:16-18
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.
18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
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