Matthew 13:14

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, “Ye will hear indeed, and not understand; and ye will see indeed, and not perceive.

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In The King James Version

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

In Context

13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand.

15For this people's heart hath become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn from their ways, and I should heal them.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9And he said: Go, and say thou to this people, Hear ye, indeed, but understand not; See ye, indeed, but perceive not!

Mark 4:12hat seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they should turn, and be forgiven.

John 12:39For this cause they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,

Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that were not to see, and ears that were not to hear, unto this day.”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24

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, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 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 fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →

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