They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Matthew 13:13 - 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. 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. 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 not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of parables?’”
as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.”