And he replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;(A)
keep looking, but do not perceive.

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12 so that

they may indeed look,
and yet not perceive;
they may indeed listen,
and yet not understand;(A)
otherwise, they might turn back
and be forgiven.”[a][b] (B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:12 Other mss read and their sins be forgiven them
  2. 4:12 Is 6:9–10

10 So he said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you(A) to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.[a](B)

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  1. 8:10 Is 6:9

40 He has blinded(A) their eyes
and hardened their hearts,(B)
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and turn,(C)
and I would heal them.[a](D)

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  1. 12:40 Is 6:10

26 when he said,

Go to these people and say:
You will always be listening,
but never understanding;
and you will always be looking,
but never perceiving.
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 turn,
and I would heal them.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:26–27 Is 6:9–10

as it is written,

God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:8 Dt 29:4; Is 29:10

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