Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is like their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their hearts (minds) don’t try to understand.
Matthew 13:13 - Easy To Read Version This is why I use these stories to teach the people: The people see, but they don’t really see. The people hear, but they don’t really 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. |
Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is like their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their hearts (minds) don’t try to understand.
Hear this message.\par You foolish people have no sense:\par ‘You have eyes, but you don’t see!\par You have ears, but you don’t listen!’\par
“Son of man, {\cf2\super [102]} you live among rebellious people—they always turn against me. They have eyes to see \{the things I have done for them\}. But they don’t see those things. They have ears to hear \{the things I told them to do\}. But they don’t hear my commands. Why? Because they are a rebellious people.
But you are blessed. You understand the things you see with your eyes. And you understand the things you hear with your ears.