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Acts 28:26
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Acts 28:26
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26 ‘Go to this people and say,
You will indeed listen but never understand,
and you will indeed look but never perceive.
Acts 28:26
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Acts 28:26
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26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
Isaiah 6:9-10
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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9 And he said, “Go and say to this people:
‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend;
keep looking, but do not understand.’(A)
10 Make the mind of this people dull,
and stop their ears,
and shut their eyes,
so that they may not look with their eyes
and listen with their ears
and comprehend with their minds
and turn and be healed.”(B)
Isaiah 6:9-10
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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9 He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(C)
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[a](D)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,(E)
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(F)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes
Ezekiel 12:2
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Ezekiel 12:2
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2 Mortal, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house who have eyes to see but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear,(A)
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Ezekiel 12:2
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Ezekiel 12:2
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2 “Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people.(A) They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.(B)
Isaiah 42:19-20
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Isaiah 42:19-20
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19 Who is blind but my servant
or deaf like my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind like my dedicated one
or blind like the servant of the Lord?(A)
20 He sees many things, but he does[a] not observe them;
his ears are open, but he does not hear.(B)
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- 42.20 Heb mss: MT You see many things but do
Isaiah 42:19-20
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Isaiah 42:19-20
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Mark 4:12
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Mark 4:12
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12 in order that
‘they may indeed look but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand;
so that they may not turn again and be forgiven.’ ”(A)
Mark 4:12
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Mark 4:12
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Matthew 13:14-15
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Matthew 13:14-15
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14 With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says:
‘You will indeed listen but never understand,
and you will indeed look but never perceive.(A)
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they might not look with their eyes,
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.’(B)
Matthew 13:14-15
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Matthew 13:14-15
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14 In them is fulfilled(A) the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
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](B)
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
2 Corinthians 4:4-6
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2 Corinthians 4:4-6
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4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.(A) 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.(B) 6 For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.(C)
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2 Corinthians 4:4-6
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2 Corinthians 4:4-6
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4 The god(A) of this age(B) has blinded(C) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,(D) who is the image of God.(E) 5 For what we preach is not ourselves,(F) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(G) and ourselves as your servants(H) for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](I) made his light shine in our hearts(J) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(K)
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- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
Luke 8:10
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Luke 8:10
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10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak[b] in parables, so that
‘looking they may not perceive
and hearing they may not understand.’
Luke 8:10
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Luke 8:10
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10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(A) but to others I speak in parables, so that,
Footnotes
- Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9
Deuteronomy 29:4
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Deuteronomy 29:4
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4 But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.(A)
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Deuteronomy 29:4
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Deuteronomy 29:4
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4 But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.(A)
Romans 11:8-10
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Romans 11:8-10
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8 as it is written,
“God gave them a sluggish spirit,
eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”(A)
9 And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;(B)
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and keep their backs forever bent.”
Romans 11:8-10
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Romans 11:8-10
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8 as it is written:
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that could not see
and ears that could not hear,(A)
to this very day.”[a](B)
9 And David says:
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- Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
- Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23
John 12:38-40
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John 12:38-40
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38 This was to fulfill the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
“Lord, who has believed our message,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”(A)
39 And so they could not believe, because Isaiah also said,
40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
so that they might not look with their eyes
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.”(B)
John 12:38-40
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John 12:38-40
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38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:
39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
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- John 12:38 Isaiah 53:1
- John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10
Luke 24:45
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Luke 24:45
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45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
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Luke 24:45
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Luke 24:45
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45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
Luke 24:25
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Luke 24:25
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25 Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!
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Luke 24:25
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Luke 24:25
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25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
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