But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
Jesus calls His disciples blessed, because they receive the truth with an open heart and have a great gift: His living presence. While many see only outwardly and do not recognize the truth, they hear the words but do not grasp their meaning, the disciples see the Messiah before them and hear His teaching with faith and trust. Their seeing and hearing is not merely a sensory ability, but a spiritual grace, the result of a willing heart. This word shows that blessedness is given not for knowledge or position, but for humility and readiness to receive the truth.