“ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. ”
Christ, in these verses, gives a “reason” why he used this manner of instruction. See also Mark 4:10-12 ; Luke 8:9-10 . Matthew 13:11 The mysteries of the kingdom - The word “mystery,” in...
(3) But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. (3) The condition of the Church under and since Christ, is better than it was in the time of the fathers under the law.
blessed . happy, as in Matthew 5:3 , &c. your eyes... your ears . ye. "Eyes" and "ears" being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for the persons themselves.
Matthew 13:16 . But blessed are your eyes. Luke appears to represent this statement as having been spoken at another time; but this is easily explained, for in that passage he throws togethe...
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. But blessed are your eyes - Ye improve the light which God has given you; and you receive an increase of heavenly wisdom by ev...
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear: - q.d., 'Happy ye, whose eyes and ears, voluntari...
A Day of Parables 1-3a. Teaching by parables begun ( Mark 4:1 ; Luke 8:4 ). This chapter introduces a new type of teaching, that by parables. St. Matthew gives us a group of seven, the first four...
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 le...
Chapter 11 The Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13:1-58 "THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side." We can well imagine that, after such a series of discouragements an...
Teaching for the Teachable Matthew 13:10-23 Jesus defended His use of parables. He said that He carefully avoided stating the truths of the Kingdom too plainly, so as not to increase the condem...
This chapter contains the seven parables of the Kingdom. The reason for the parabolic teaching of Christ is set forth here. This first parable was spoken to the multitudes (verses Mat 13:2-3). Its ex...
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; (4) And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: (5) Some f...
BLESSED EYES AND BLESSED EARS ‘Blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.’ Matthew 13:16 The senses of sight and hearing are avenues of knowledge and of pleasure. The...
But blessed are your eyes, for they see ,.... Which is to be understood both of corporal and intellectual sight: it was their happiness to see Christ in the flesh, and converse with him in person, b...
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. Ver. 16. But blessed are your eyes, &c. ] Demaratus of Corinth was wont to say, that those Grecians lost a great part...
But blessed are your eyes , &c. For you both see and hear, and understand. You have not only greater opportunities of instruction than others, but you both know how to prize, and are concerned t...
This chapter begins a new division of the book. Israel is looked at as set aside because of unbelief: the Lord went out of the house (typically Israel's house), and set by the seaside. The sea is typ...
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house,...
See Poole on Mt "13:17" .
The Eight Parables of The Kingly Rule of Heaven (13:1-53). Having made clear that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is advancing forcefully ( Matthew 11:12 ) and that through Jesus' activities as the Serv...
CRITICAL NOTES PRELIMINARY REMARKS The parables of Jesus .—The word “parable” has in the New Testament, in its application to the discourses of Jesus, a considerably wider meaning than the one i...
Matthew 13:3-50 The Parables of the Kingdom. I. Taking these seven parables all together, notice, first, the fact that our Lord, in describing the kingdom of heaven, did deliberately use many par...
Matthew 13:1-2 . The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat, and the whole multitu...
Matthew 13:2 . He went into a ship. A small vessel or boat, probably belonging to one of the disciples, several of whom were fishermen. Matthew 13:3 . He spake many things to them in parables....
EXPOSITION A few remarks by way of introduction to the characteristic portion of this chapter ( Matthew 13:1-40 ). (1) We have here a collection of the Lord's parables, all spoken, as it woul...
But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Acts 26:18 ; Ephesians 1:17 ; Ephesians 1:18 ; John 20:29 ; Luke 10:23 ; Luke 10:24 ; Luke 2:29 ; Luke 2:30 ; Matthew 16:17 ; Matthew 5:3-11
But blessed are your eyes — For you both see and understand. You know how to prize the light which is given you. Luke 10:23 .