Isaiah 6:9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 And He replied:
Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;(A)
keep looking, but do not perceive.
Isaiah 6:9
New International Version
9 He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)
Isaiah 6:9
King James Version
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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Mark 4:12
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Mark 4:12
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Mark 4:12
King James Version
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
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Luke 8:10
New International Version
10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(A) but to others I speak in parables, so that,
Footnotes
- Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9
Luke 8:10
King James Version
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
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John 12:40
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John 12:40
King James Version
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
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Acts 28:26-27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 when He said,
Go to these people and say:
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.
27 For the hearts of these people
have grown callous,
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.(A)[a]
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Acts 28:26-27
New International Version
26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(A)
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.’[a](B)
Footnotes
- Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
Acts 28:26-27
King James Version
26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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Romans 11:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 as it is written:
God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,[a]
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.(A)[b]
Footnotes
- Romans 11:8 Lit stupification
- Romans 11:8 Dt 29:4; Is 29:10
Romans 11:8
New International Version
Romans 11:8
King James Version
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
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