Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, and their minds so that they cannot understand.
Matthew 13:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or 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. 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. 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. |
Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, and their minds so that they cannot understand.
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.
‘Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
Then I said, ‘Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, “Isn’t he just composing parables? ” ’
‘Blessed are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.
as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear, to this day. ,