Mark 4:12

so that when they look, yes they look, but do not see, 1 and so that when they hear, yes they hear, but do not understand, 1 or else they would turn and God would forgive them.”

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In The King James Version

That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

In Context

11He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables, 1

13Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4But until today Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Isaiah 44:18They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive. 1

Jeremiah 31:18“I have certainly heard Ephraim sorrowing, 'You punished me, and I have been punished like an untrained calf. 1 Bring me back and I will be brought back, for you are Yahweh my God. 1

Ezekiel 18:27But when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has done and performs justice and righteousness, then he will preserve his life.

Luke 8:10He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but for others I speak in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

Acts 3:19Repent, therefore, and turn, so that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come periods of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21

The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →

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