John 8:27
They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.
Isaiah 6:9
"Go!" he responded. "Tell this people: ""Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isaiah 42:18-20
"Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see!
Isaiah 59:10
Let's grope along the wall like the blind; let us grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as if it were twilight, in desolate places like dead people.
John 8:43
Why don't you understand what I've said? It's because you can't listen to my words.
John 8:47
The one who belongs to God listens to the words of God. The reason you don't listen is because you don't belong to God."
Romans 11:7-10
What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
So if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are dying.