Matthew 13:13 - Easy To Read Version

¹³ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ 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)

¹³ Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Common English Bible

¹³ 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

¹³ 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

¹³ Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Matthew 13:13 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 44:18

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.

Jeremiah 5:21

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

Ezekiel 12:2

“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.

Matthew 13:16

But you are blessed. You understand the things you see with your eyes. And you understand the things you hear with your ears.

Romans 11:8

Like it is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [122]} \}: