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 Updated Edition 2021 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.’ More versionsKing 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?’ ”
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.”