Matthew 13:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I use stories when I speak to them because when they look, they cannot see, and when they listen, they cannot hear or understand.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

Those who worship idols are stupid and blind!

Jeremiah 5:21

You fools! Why don't you listen when I speak? Why can't you understand

Ezekiel 12:2

Ezekiel, son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but refuse to see; they have ears, but refuse to listen.

Ezekiel 20:49

But I complained, “LORD God, I don't want to do that! People already say I confuse them with my messages.”

Matthew 13:16

But God has blessed you, because your eyes can see and your ears can hear!

Romans 11:8

just as the Scriptures say, “God made them so stupid that their eyes are blind, and their ears are still deaf.”