They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see and that they may not understand with their heart.
Matthew 13:13 - 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. Matoleo zaidiKing 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. English Standard Version 2016 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. |
They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see and that they may not understand with their heart.
Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes and see not, and ears and hear not.
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a provoking house: who have eyes to see and see not, and ears to hear and hear not: for they are a provoking house.
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?
But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.