Mark 4:12

New Century Version

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.’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 43:8

Bring out the people who have eyes but don’t see and those who have ears but don’t hear.

Isaiah 44:18

Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is as if their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their minds don’t understand.

Jeremiah 36:3

Maybe the family of Judah will hear what disasters I am planning to bring on them and will stop doing wicked things. Then I would forgive them for the sins and the evil things they have done.”

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 8:18

You have eyes, but you don’t really see. You have ears, but you don’t really listen. Remember when

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 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest.

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.

2 Timothy 2:25

The Lord’s servant must gently teach those who disagree. Then maybe God will let them change their minds so they can accept the truth.

Hebrews 6:6

But they fell away from Christ. It is impossible to bring them back to a changed life again, because they are nailing the Son of God to a cross again and are shaming him in front of others.