13 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, 14 and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says,

You will listen carefully[a] and will never understand,
    and you will look closely[b] and will never perceive.
15 For the heart of this people has become dull,
    and with their ears they hear with difficulty,
    and they have shut their eyes,
so that they would not see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
    and understand with their heart
    and turn, and I would heal them.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:14 Literally “with hearing you will hear”
  2. Matthew 13:14 Literally “seeing you will see”
  3. Matthew 13:15 A quotation from Isa 6:9–10