Matthew 13:14

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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 will say, Go, and say to this people, Hearing, hear ye, and ye shall not understand; and seeing, see ye, and ye shall not know.

Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.

That seeing they might see, and not know; and hearing they might hear, and not understand; lest they turn back, and their sins be remitted to them.

And he said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: and to the rest in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Therefore they could not believe, for Esaias said again,

And being at variance with one another, they were let go, Paul having said one word, That well spake the Holy Spirit by Esaias the prophet to our fathers,

(As has been written, God gave them the spirit of mortal pain, eyes not to see, and earn not to hear;) even to this day.

But their minds were hardened: for until this day the same veil upon the reading of the old covenant. remains not uncovered;for in Christ it is left unemployed.

General references

And when a man or woman there shall be in him a stroke upon the head, or in the beard;

And Jehovah gave not to you an heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, even to this day.

For they a nation destroying counsels, And no understanding in them.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah made, also them two.

Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;

And knew not till the inundation came, and took them all away; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man.