They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so that they cannot see, and their minds closed so that they cannot understand.
Matthew 13:13 - New International Version (Anglicised) This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear 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. |
They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so that they cannot see, and their minds closed so that they cannot understand.
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:
‘Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.
Then I said, ‘Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, “Isn’t he just telling parables?” ’
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
as it is written: ‘God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day.’