Mark 4:12

New American Standard Bible 2020

so that while seeing they may see, and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear, and not understand, otherwise they might return and it would be forgiven them.”

Cross References

Isaiah 43:8

¶Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, And those who are 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 cannot comprehend.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps the house of Judah will listen to all the disaster which I plan to carry out against them, so that every person will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their wrongdoing and their sin.”

Jeremiah 5:21

‘Now hear this, you foolish and senseless people, 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 they are told in parables, so that while seeing they may not see, and while 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 the Lord 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 grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 6:6

and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.