Matthew 13:13

New English Translation

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

Jeremiah 5:21

Tell them: ‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

Matthew 13:16

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

Romans 11:8

as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”