Mark 4:12

(so) that they seeing see, and see not, and they hearing hear, and understand not; lest sometime they be converted, and (their) sins be forgiven to them.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

11And he said to them, To you it is given to know the private [or the mystery] of the kingdom of God (or To you it is given to know the secret of the Kingdom of God). But to them that be withoutforth, all things be made in parables,

13And he said to them, Know not ye this parable? and how ye shall know all parables? (And he said to them, Do ye not understand this parable? then how shall ye understand any parable?)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4And the Lord gave not to you an heart understanding, and eyes seeing, and ears that may hear, till into this present day. (But unto this present day, the Lord hath not given you a heart to understand with, or eyes to see with, or ears to hear with.)

Isaiah 44:18They knew not, neither understood, for they have forgotten, that their eyes see not, and that they understand not with their heart.

Jeremiah 31:18I hearing heard Ephraim passing over; saying, thou chastisedest me, and I am learned as a young one untamed, either wild; turn thou me, and I shall be turned again, for thou art my Lord God. (Hearing I heard Ephraim mourning, saying, thou hast disciplined, or hast corrected, me, and now I am taught, I who before was like a young calf, untamed and wild; restore thou me, yea, let me return, for thou art the Lord my God.)

Ezekiel 18:27And when a wicked man turneth away himself from his wickedness which he wrought, and doeth doom and rightfulness, he shall quicken his soul. (And when a wicked person turneth himself away from his wickedness which he hath done, and doeth what is just and right, he shall quicken his soul, that is, he shall save his own life.)

Luke 8:10And he said to them, To you it is granted to know the private [or the mystery] of the kingdom of God (or To you it is granted to know the secret of the Kingdom of God); but to other men (I speak) in parables, (so) that they seeing see not, and they hearing understand not.

Acts 3:19Therefore be ye repentant, and be ye converted, (so) that your sins be done away, (so) that when the times of refreshing shall come from the sight 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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