Matthew Chapter 13 verse 16 Holy Bible
But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
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But blessed are *your* eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;
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But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
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"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 16, 17. - Parallel passage: Luke 10:23, 24, after the return of the seventy, and immediately following our Matthew 11:25, 27. The verses stand there, that is to say, in close connexion with the other great utterance contrasting God's revelation of spiritual things to some and his hiding them from others. Possibly he spoke the verses only once (cf. the repetitions in the Prophets), but, in view of the frequency with which Christ's utterances are placed out of their original connexion, the assumption should be the other way. If he really only spoke them once, we cannot be sure which the occasion was, but the possibility that they do not properly belong here is increased by the doubt whether also ver. 12 was originally spoken now. Verse 16. - But blessed (Matthew 5:3, note) are your eyes. Christ now returns to emphasize ver. 11a. For they see (ὅτι βλέπουσιν). This may refer to the disciples being able to see spiritual truths before God's special grace given them by way of reward to this effect, but this hardly suits the context from the phrase, "it is given" (ver. 12). It is, therefore, better to understand the verse to refer to their seeing and hearing things by virtue of grace given in reward for earlier faithfulness. Edersheim ('Life,' 1:594) gives a striking illustration of the thought of this verse from the 'Pesiqta' (edit. Buber, p. 149).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Blessed are your eyes.--The words are spoken to the small company of disciples in the boat. They were not as the multitude. They might see but dimly, and be slow of heart to understand, but, at least, they had eyes that looked for light, and ears that were open to the divine voice.
