Matthew 13:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁷ For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ I assure you that many prophets and righteous people wanted to see what you see and hear what you hear, but they didn’t.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Amen I say to you, certainly, that many of the prophets and the just desired to see what you see, and yet they did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and yet they did not hear it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.

Matthew 13:17 Cross References

Luke 10:23

And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

Luke 10:24

for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

John 8:56

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.