25 And when they disagreed with one another, they began leaving after Paul said one parting statement: “The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers, 26 saying,

(A)Go to this people and say,
[a](B)You will keep on hearing, and will not understand;
And [b]you will keep on seeing, and will not perceive;
27 (C)For the hearts of this people have become [c]insensitive,
And with their ears they [d]hardly hear,
And they have closed their eyes;
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.”’

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  1. Acts 28:26 Lit with a hearing you will hear
  2. Acts 28:26 Lit seeing you will see
  3. Acts 28:27 Lit dull
  4. Acts 28:27 Or are hard of hearing

25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said(A) through Isaiah the prophet:

26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(B)
    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](C)

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  1. Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)