Isaiah 6:9
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9 And He said, “Go, and (A)tell this people:
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
Isaiah 42:20
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20 Seeing many things, (A)but you do not observe;
Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”
Jeremiah 5:21
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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:
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:21 Lit. heart
Matthew 13:13
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13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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Matthew 13:14
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14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
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Mark 4:12
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12 so that
(A)‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
And their sins be forgiven them.’ ”
Mark 8:18
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18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
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Luke 8:10
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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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- Luke 8:10 secret or hidden truths
John 9:39-41
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39 And Jesus said, (A)“For judgment I have come into this world, (B)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, (C)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, (D)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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