Matthew 13:14

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, ‘Yoʋ will hear but never understand, and you will see but never perceive.

Text-Critical English NT

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

13That is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they see but do not perceive, and they hear but do not listen or understand.’

15For the heart of this people has become calloused; with their ears they have barely heard, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts and turn back, and I would heal them.’

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Cross References

Mark 4:12so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand, lest they should turn back and be forgiven of their sins.’”

John 12:39For this reason they could not believe, for again Isaiah said,

Romans 11:8as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, down to this very 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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