Matthew 13:15

for the heart of this people has grown callous, 2 their ears bearly hear, 2 they have closed their eyes; 1 so as to not see with their eyes, 2 hear with their ears, 2 understand with their heart, 1 and would make teshuvah ·complete return in repentance· again; 2 so that I could heal them.’ + 13:15. (14-15) Quoted from Is 6:9-10

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In The King James Version

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

In Context

14In them the prophecy of Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] is fulfilled, which says, 1 ‘You will keep on hearing, 2 but will in no way understand; 1 and keep on seeing, 2 but will in no way perceive, 1

16“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:70ט ( Tapash, Is covered) Their heart is as callous as the fat, 2 but I delight in your Torah ·Teaching·. 1

Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat. 2 Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; 1 lest they see with their eyes, 2 and sh'ma ·hear obey· with their ears, 2 and understand with their heart, 2 and turn again, and be healed.’ + 6:10. Quoted in John 12:40 + 6:10. (9-10) Quoted in Matt 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Acts 28:26-27

Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. 2 A deceived heart has turned him aside; 2 and he can’t deliver his soul, 2 nor say, “Is not there a lie in my right hand?” 1

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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