Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
They don’t know, neither do they consider, for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see, and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.
Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”