Matthew 13:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

The prophecy

General references

Bible References

The prophecy

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive.

Son of man, thou dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.

So that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand, lest they should turn, and the sins would be forgiven them.

And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand.

Because of this they could not believe. Because Isaiah said again,

And being discord among each other, they departed after Paul spoke one thing, saying, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.

But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.

General references

And when a man or woman has a disease upon the head or upon the beard,

yet LORD has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, LORD has made even both of them.

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

And they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of man.