Matthew 13:13

New International Reader's Version

Here is why I use stories when I speak to the people. I say, “They look, but they don’t really see. They listen, but they don’t really hear or understand.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

People like that don’t even know what they are doing. Their eyes are shut so that they can’t see the truth. Their minds are closed so that they can’t understand it.

Jeremiah 5:21

‘Listen to this, you foolish people, who do not have any sense. You have eyes, but you do not see. You have ears, but you do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you are living among people who refuse to obey me. They have eyes that can see. But they do not really see. They have ears that can hear. But they do not really hear. They refuse to obey me.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Lord and King, people are talking about me. They are saying, ‘Isn’t he just telling stories?’ ”

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes because they see. And blessed are your ears because they hear.

Romans 11:8

It is written, “God made it hard for them to understand. He gave them eyes that could not see. He gave them ears that could not hear. And they are still like that today.” (Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10)