They do not know, nor do they comprehend; for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.
Matthew 13:13 - New Revised Standard Version The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Common English Bible This is why I speak to the crowds in parables: although they see, they don’t really see; and although they hear, they don’t really hear or understand. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. |
They do not know, nor do they comprehend; for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.
Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but do not see, who have ears, but do not hear.
Mortal, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear;
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
as it is written, “God gave them a sluggish spirit, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.”