Matthew 13:13

New American Bible - revised edition

This is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.’

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

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

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!

Matthew 13:16

“But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

Romans 11:8

as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, down to this very day.”