Matthew 13:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ “Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ 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)

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

Common English Bible

¹³ 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

¹³ 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.

Matthew 13:13 Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know nor understand, for He has smeared their eyes from seeing, and their hearts from understanding.

Jeremiah 5:21

‘Hear this now, O foolish people without heart, who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not:

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you are dwelling in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but they have not seen, they have ears to hear but they have not heard, for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not speaking parables?’ ”

Matthew 13:16

“And blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

Romans 11:8

As it has been written, “יהוה  has given them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, unto this day.”