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.
Matthew 13:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither 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. 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. |
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 now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
Son of man, you dwell in the midst 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 said I, 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.*