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Isaiah 44:18
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Isaiah 44:18
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18 They do not know, nor do they comprehend, for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.(A)
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Isaiah 44:18
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Isaiah 44:18
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.(A) 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.(B)
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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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)
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- 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
John 12:39-40
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John 12:39-40
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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.”(A)
John 12:39-40
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John 12:39-40
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39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
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- John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,(A) 10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(C) 12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(D)
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan(A) works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders(B) that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(C) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(D) 11 For this reason God sends them(E) a powerful delusion(F) so that they will believe the lie(G) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(H)
Jeremiah 5:21
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Jeremiah 5:21
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21 Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes but do not see,
who have ears but do not hear.(A)
Jeremiah 5:21
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Jeremiah 5:21
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Psalm 81:12
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Psalm 81:12
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12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.(A)
Psalm 81:12
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Psalm 81:12
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12 So I gave them over(A) to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
Proverbs 2:5-9
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Proverbs 2:5-9
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5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(A)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(B)
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(C)
8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(D)
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path,(E)
Proverbs 2:5-9
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Proverbs 2:5-9
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5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(A)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;(B)
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(C)
7 He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield(D) to those whose walk is blameless,(E)
8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.(F)
9 Then you will understand(G) what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
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)
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- Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
Romans 1:21-23
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Romans 1:21-23
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21 for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless hearts were darkened.(A) 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.(B)
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Romans 1:21-23
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Romans 1:21-23
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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A) 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(B) 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images(C) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
John 5:44
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John 5:44
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44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?[a](A)
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- 5.44 Other manuscripts read the Only One
John 5:44
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John 5:44
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44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[a]?(A)
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- John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
John 8:43
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John 8:43
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43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word.
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John 8:43
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John 8:43
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43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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10 For the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep;
he has closed your eyes (the prophets)
and covered your heads (the seers).(A)
Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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