They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.
Matthew 13:13 - Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Common English Bible This is why I speak to the crowds in parables: although they see, they don’t really see; and although they hear, they don’t really hear or understand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. English Standard Version 2016 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. |
They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.
Listen, O foolish people who have no heart! You have eyes, but you do not see, and ears, but you do not hear.
"Son of man, you live in the midst of a provoking house. They have eyes to see, and they do not see; and ears to hear, and they do not hear. For they are a provoking house.
And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "
But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
just as it was written: "God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day."