Matthew 13:14

that the prophecy of Esaias saying be fulfilled in them (or so that the prophecy of Isaiah be fulfilled in them, saying), With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand; and ye seeing shall see, and ye shall not see;

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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

13Therefore I speak to them in parables, for they seeing see not, and they hearing hear not, neither understand;

15for the heart of this people is greatly fatted, and they heard heavily with (their) ears, and they have closed their eyes, lest sometime they see with eyes, and with ears hear, and understand in heart, and they be converted, and I heal them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go thou, and thou shalt say to this people, Ye hearing hear, and ye do not understand; and see ye the prophesy, and do not ye know. (And he said, Go thou, and thou shalt say to this people, Hearing ye may hear, but ye shall not understand; and ye may see the prophesy, but ye shall not know, or not understand, its meaning.)

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.

John 12:39Therefore they might not believe, for again Esaias said, (And so they could not believe, for again Isaiah said,)

Romans 11:8As it is written, God gave to them a spirit of compunction, eyes that they see not, and ears, that they hear not, into this 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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