Matthew 13:13

New Living Translation

That is why I use these parables, For they look, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.

Jeremiah 5:21

Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you live among rebels who have eyes but refuse to see. They have ears but refuse to hear. For they are a rebellious people.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “O Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!’”

Matthew 13:16

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

Romans 11:8

As the Scriptures say, “God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear.”