The Meaning of Matthew 13:16 Explained

Matthew 13:16

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

YLT: 'And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

Darby: But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Matthew 13:16?

MEANING: What does Matthew 13:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Matthew 13:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Matthew 13:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Matthew 13:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 13:10-23 - Teaching For The Teachable
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 condemnation of those who could not or would not accept them. But where the disciples cared to penetrate below the husk of the story or parable, they would reach the kernel of heavenly significance. It is given to meek and teachable hearts to know the secrets of God. Let us draw near to the great teacher, the Holy Spirit, asking Him to make us know the kernel and heart of the Word of God. See 1 Corinthians 2:6, etc.
Note these points in our Lord's explanation of His parable: (1.) Beware of the evil one, who comes surreptitiously as soon as the sermon is over. (2.) The joy of the young convert must be distinguished from that of the superficial hearer. It is joy in Christ, rather than in the novelty and beauty of the words about Christ. (3.) Expect tribulation where the gospel is faithfully proclaimed. (4.) The cares of poverty hinder as well as the riches of wealth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 13

1  The parable of the sower and the seed;
18  the explanation of it
24  The parable of the weeds;
31  of the mustard seed;
33  of the leaven;
36  explanation of the parable of the weeds
44  The parable of the hidden treasure;
45  of the pearl;
47  of the drag net cast into the sea
53  Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country

Greek Commentary for Matthew 13:16

Blessed are your eyes [υμων δε μακαριοι οι οπταλμοι]
A beatitude for the disciples in contrast with the Pharisees. Note position of “Happy” here also as in the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. [source]

What do the individual words in Matthew 13:16 mean?

Of you however blessed [are] the eyes because they see and the ears they hear
Ὑμῶν δὲ μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὅτι βλέπουσιν καὶ τὰ ὦτα ἀκούουσιν

Ὑμῶν  Of  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
δὲ  however 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: δέ  
Sense: but, moreover, and, etc.
μακάριοι  blessed 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: μακάριος  
Sense: blessed, happy.
οἱ  [are]  the 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ὀφθαλμοὶ  eyes 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ὀφθαλμός  
Sense: the eye.
ὅτι  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
βλέπουσιν  they  see 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: βλέπω  
Sense: to see, discern, of the bodily eye.
ὦτα  ears 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural
Root: οὖς  
Sense: the ear.
ἀκούουσιν  they  hear 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀκουστός 
Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf.

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