Matthew 13:13 - Tree of Life 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.

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 13:13 Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know or understand! For He smeared over their eyes, so they cannot see, and their hearts, so they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 5:21

‘Hear this you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2

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

Matthew 13:16

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

Romans 11:8

just as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, until this very day.”