Matthew 13:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ But your eyes are fortunate for they [really] see, and so are your ears, for they [really] hear.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “Happy are your eyes because they see. Happy are your ears because they hear.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

Matthew 13:16 Cross References

Matthew 16:17

Jesus replied, “Simon, son of Jonah, you are fortunate [indeed], for this [truth] was not revealed to you by human beings but [rather] by my Father who is in heaven.

John 20:29

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed [that I am alive] because you have seen me? Those who have not seen me and yet believe are [even more] blessed.”

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said [Gen. 1:3], “Light will shine out of darkness,” has [also] shone in our hearts to provide [us with] the light of the knowledge of God’s splendor [as it shines] on the face of Christ. [Note: This allusion to “splendor shining on Christ’s face” may be a continuation of the analogy used in 3:13].

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes [to the truth] so they will turn from darkness to light and from the power [i.e., the influence] of Satan to God. [Then] they can receive the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance [of never ending life], along with [all] those who are set apart [for God] by trusting in Me.’