¹⁷ for assuredly, I say to you ^(A)that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

The Parable of the Sower Explained^(B)

^18 (C)“Therefore hear the parable of the sower: ¹⁹ When anyone hears the word ^(D)of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.