New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 13:13
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This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
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Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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Because of this I speak to them in parables: ‘Because seeing, they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand.’
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Matthew 13
11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
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