Acts 28:26

New Century Version

‘Go to this people and say: You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn,

Cross References

Isaiah 29:10

The Lord has made you go into a deep sleep. He has closed your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.) He has covered your heads. (The seers are your heads.)

Isaiah 29:14

So I will continue to amaze these people by doing more and more miracles. Their wise men will lose their wisdom; their wise men will not be able to understand.”

Isaiah 66:4

So I will choose their punishments, and I will punish them with what they fear most. This is because I called to them, but they did not listen. I spoke to them, but they did not hear me. They did things I said were evil; they chose to do things I did not like.”

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. They have eyes, but they don’t really see. They have ears, but they don’t really listen.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Human, you are living among a people who refuse to obey. They have eyes to see, but they do not see, and they have ears to hear, but they do not hear, because they are a people who refuse to obey.

Mark 4:12

so that: ‘They will look and look, but they will not learn. They will listen and listen, but they will not understand. If they did learn and understand, they would come back to me and be forgiven.’ ”

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “You are foolish and slow to believe everything the prophets said.

Luke 24:45

Then Jesus opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

Luke 8:10

Jesus said, “You have been chosen to know the secrets about the kingdom of God. But I use stories to speak to other people so that: ‘They will look, but they may not see. They will listen, but they may not understand.’

Acts 28:25

So they argued and began leaving after Paul said one more thing to them: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands; you don’t really understand what you see with your eyes or hear with your ears.