Mark 4:12

New American Bible - revised edition

so that ‘they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.’”

Cross References

Isaiah 43:8

Lead out the people, blind though they have eyes, deaf though they have ears.

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know, do not understand; their eyes are too clouded to see, their minds, to perceive.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps, if the house of Judah hears all the evil I have in mind to do to them, so that all of them turn from their evil way, then I can forgive their wickedness and their sin.

Jeremiah 5:21

Pay attention to this, you foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes and do not see, who have ears and do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2

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

Mark 8:18

Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear? And do you not remember,

Luke 8:10

He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’ The Parable of the Sower Explained.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away,

Deuteronomy 29:4

I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not fall from you in tatters nor your sandals from your feet;

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting opponents with kindness. It may be that God will grant them repentance that leads to knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 6:6

and then have fallen away, to bring them to repentance again, since they are recrucifying the Son of God for themselves and holding him up to contempt.