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 so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.

"Thou son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a froward household: which have eyes to see, and yet see not; ears have they to hear, and yet hear they not. For they are an obstinate household.

that when they see, they shall see, and not discern: and when they hear they shall hear, and not understand: lest at any time they should turn, and their sins should be forgiven them."

And he said, "Unto you is it given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God: but to others in similitudes, that when they see, they should not see, and when they hear they should not understand.

Therefore could they not believe, because that Isaiah saith again,

When they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, "Well spake the holy ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,

according as it is written, "God hath given them the spirit of unquietness: eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, even unto this day."

But their minds were blinded. For until this day remaineth the same covering, untaken away, in the old testament when they read it - which in Christ is put away:

General references

When either man or woman hath a breaking out upon the head or the beard, let the priest see it.

And yet the LORD hath not given you a heart to perceive, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear unto this day.

"'For it is a nation that hath an unhappy forecast, and hath no understanding in them.

As for the hearing of the ear and the sight of the eye, the LORD hath made them both.

"Thou son of man, put forth a dark speaking and a parable unto the house of Israel,

and knew of nothing till the flood came and took them all away. So shall also the coming of the son of man be.