Matthew 13:14

To them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, that which says, 1 'While hearing you will hear, but you will in no way understand; 1 while seeing you will see, but you will in no way perceive. 1

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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

13This is why I talk to them in parables: Though they are seeing, they do not see; and though they are hearing, they do not hear, or understand.

15For this people's heart has become dull, 1 and they are hard of hearing, 1 and they have closed their eyes, 1 so they should not see with their eyes, 1 or hear with their ears, 1 or understand with their hearts, 1 so they would turn again, 1 and I would heal them.'

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go and tell this people, 1 'Listen, but do not understand; see, but do not perceive.' 1

Mark 4:12so 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.”

John 12:39For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah had also said, 1

Romans 11:8It is just as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of dullness, eyes so that they should not see, and ears so that they should not hear, 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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