Matthew 13:13

The English Standar Version

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 5:21

"Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.

Ezekiel 12:2

"Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of parables?' "

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for 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, down to this very day."