as it is written, God has given them a spirit of torpor, eyes that see not, ears that hear not — down to this very day.
so he said, "It is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Reign of God, but the others get it in parables, so that for all their seeing they may not see, and for all their hearing they may not understand.
when he said, Go and tell this people, 'You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.'