Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? Do you not remember?
Mark 4:12 - The Text-Critical English New Testament so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand, lest they should turn back and their sins be forgiven them.’ ” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In order that they may [indeed] look and look but not see and perceive, and may hear and hear but not grasp and comprehend, lest haply they should turn again, and it [their willful rejection of the truth] should be forgiven them. [Isa. 6:9, 10; Matt. 13:13-15.] American Standard Version (1901) that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them. Common English Bible This is so that they can look and see but have no insight, and they can hear but not understand. Otherwise, they might turn their lives around and be forgiven. Catholic Public Domain Version 'so that, seeing, they may see, and not perceive; and hearing, they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they may be converted, and their sins would be forgiven them.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 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. |
Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? Do you not remember?
He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand.’
Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
and yet have fallen away, since, to their own harm, they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and exposing him to public shame.