Discovery BoxMatthew 13:13-14 
Context13:13 For 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. 13:14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
‘You will listen carefully 1 yet will never understand,
you will look closely 2 yet will never comprehend.
Matthew 13:19
Context13:19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one 3 comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; 4 this is the seed sown along the path.
1 tn Grk “with hearing,” a cognate dative that intensifies the action of the main verb “you will listen” (ExSyn 168-69).
2 tn Grk “look by looking.” The participle is redundant, functioning to intensify the force of the main verb.
3 sn Interestingly, the synoptic parallels each use a different word for Satan here: Mark 4:15 has “Satan,” while Luke 8:12 has “the devil.” This illustrates the fluidity of the gospel tradition in often using synonyms at the same point of the parallel tradition.
4 sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against.
