They will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering.
Matthew 13:13 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, 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 will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and no heart; eyes to them and they will not see; and ears to them, and they will not hear:
Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.
And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say to me, Does he not use parables?
(As has been written, God gave them the spirit of mortal pain, eyes not to see, and earn not to hear;) even to this day.