Mark 4:12

Legacy Standard Bible

so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, lest they return and be forgiven.”

Cross References

Isaiah 43:8

¶Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, And the deaf, even though they have ears.

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they will have no insight.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I devise to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Jeremiah 5:21

‘Now hear this, O people who are simpleminded fools and without a heart of wisdom, 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, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.

Mark 8:18

Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember,

Luke 8:10

And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

Deuteronomy 29:4

Yet to this day Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

2 Timothy 2:25

with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may give them repentance leading to the full knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 6:6

and having fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.