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

He said: Go and tell this people: 'Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.'

Son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot hear because they are rebellious people.

So that seeing they may see and not perceive. And hearing they may hear and not understand. Otherwise they might repent and be forgiven.

He said: You are meant to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. I speak to the rest in illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.

Isaiah revealed the reason they could not believe:

So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors!

It is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear to this very day. (Deuteronomy 29:4)

Their minds were blinded. Until this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It is not revealed to them that Christ voided it.

General references

When any of you, male or female, have a sore on your head or chin,

To this very day Jehovah has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

My people have lost their good sense. They do not understand.

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

Son of man, tell this riddle. Give this illustration to the nation of Israel.

They were not aware until the Flood came and took them all away. The coming (presence) of the Son of man will be like this.