Luke 10:24
For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
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- John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”
- Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
- 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully. 11 They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory. 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
- Heb 11:39 : 39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
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9The one who has ears had better listen!”
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12For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
15For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
16“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”
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20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”
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