Mark 4:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I do this so that ‘They will look and look but never really see; they will listen and listen but never understand. If they saw and understood, they might change and be forgiven.’” Isaiah 6:9-10

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

People like that don’t know what they are doing! They don’t understand. It is as if they have mud in their eyes so they cannot see. Their minds cannot understand.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. You have eyes, but you don’t see! You have ears, but you don’t listen!

Deuteronomy 29:4

But even today, you still don’t understand what happened. The Lord has not let you really understand what you saw and heard.

Luke 8:10

He said, “You have been chosen to know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. But I use stories to speak to other people. I do this so that ‘They will look, but they will not see, and they will listen, but they will not understand.’ Isaiah 6:9

2 Timothy 2:25

You must gently teach those who don’t agree with you. Maybe God will let them change their hearts so that they can accept the truth.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you live among people who refuse to obey me. They have eyes to see what I have done for them, but they don’t see those things. They have ears to hear what I told them to do, but they don’t hear my commands, because they are a rebellious people.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.

Isaiah 43:8

“Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind. Bring out the people who have ears but are deaf.

Jeremiah 36:3

Maybe the people of Judah will hear what I am planning to do to them and will stop doing bad things. If they will do that, I will forgive them for the terrible sins they have committed.”

Mark 8:18

Do you have eyes that can’t see? Do you have ears that can’t hear? Remember what I did before, when we did not have enough bread?