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 replied:

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

“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

so that

they may look and look,
yet not perceive;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand;

otherwise, they might turn back—
and be forgiven.”

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

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors

as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,

eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.

but their minds were closed.

For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.

General references

“When a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Israel is a nation lacking sense
with no understanding at all.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.

“Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be: