Matthew 13:15

For 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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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

14To 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

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

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Cross References

Psalms 119:70Their hearts are hardened, 1 but I delight in your law. 1

Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people insensitive, and their ears dull, and blind their eyes. 1 Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and then turn and be healed.”

Isaiah 44:20It is as if he were eating ashes; his deceived heart misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, “This thing in my right hand is a false god.” 1

Jeremiah 3:22“Return, faithless people! I will heal you of treachery!” 1 “Behold! We will come to you, for you are Yahweh our God!

Jeremiah 33:6But see, I am about to bring healing and a cure, for I will heal them and will bring to them abundance, peace, and faithfulness.

Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear.

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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