Romans 11:8
as the Scripture Says, "God has given them over to an attitude of insensibility, so that their eyes cannot see and their ears cannot hear, down to this very day."
Matthew 13:13-14
This is why I am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.
Mark 4:11-12
Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that
Luke 8:10
So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand.
Acts 28:26
'Go to this people and say to them, "You will listen, and listen, and never understand, and you will look, and look, and never see!
2 Corinthians 3:14-15
Besides, their minds were made dull; for to this day that same veil remains unlifted, whenever they read the Old Covenant; because it is only through union with Christ that it is removed.