And He said, “Go, and (A)tell this people:

‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

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He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:

“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)

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10 “Make (A)the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
(B)Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”

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10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(A)
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.[a](B)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,(C)
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(D)

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  1. 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

(A)Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the (B)deaf who have ears.

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Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,(A)
    who have ears but are deaf.(B)

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21 ‘Hear this now, O (A)foolish people,
Without [a]understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:

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  1. Jeremiah 5:21 Lit. heart

21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,(A)
    who have eyes(B) but do not see,
    who have ears but do not hear:(C)

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“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of (A)a rebellious house, which (B)has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; (C)for they are a rebellious house.

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“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)

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14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

(A)‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not (B)perceive;

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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.

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10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the [a]mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that

(A)‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’

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  1. Luke 8:10 secret or hidden truths

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,

“‘though seeing, they may not see;
    though hearing, they may not understand.’[a](B)

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  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9

40 “He(A) has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
(B)Lest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”

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40 “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
    nor understand with their hearts,
    nor turn—and I would heal them.”[a](A)

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  1. John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10

Just as it is written:

(A)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(B)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10