15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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15 For the hearts of these people are hardened,
    and their ears cannot hear,
and they have closed their eyes—
    so their eyes cannot see,
and their ears cannot hear,
    and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
    and let me heal them.’[a]

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  1. 13:14-15 Isa 6:9-10 (Greek version).

15 For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears (A)they can barely hear,
    and (B)their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and (C)understand with their heart
    and (D)turn, and I would heal them.’

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