John 12:40
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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.”
Isaiah 6:10
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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.”
Matthew 13:13-15
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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. 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;
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears (C)are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have (D)closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I [a]should (E)heal them.’
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- Matthew 13:15 NU, M would
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
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.’ ”
Isaiah 57:18-19
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18 I have seen his ways, and (A)will heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to (B)his mourners.
19 “I create (C)the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace (D)to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”
Isaiah 29:10
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10 For (A)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (B)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (C)the seers.
Romans 11:7-11
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7 What then? (A)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were (B)blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
(C)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(D)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
(E)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But (F)through their [a]fall, to provoke them to (G)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
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- Romans 11:11 trespass
Acts 3:19
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19 (A)Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
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John 9:39
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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.”
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Luke 4:18
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18 “The(A) Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me [a]to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To (B)set at liberty those who are [b]oppressed;
Mark 8:17-18
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17 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? (A)Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart [a]still hardened? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
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- Mark 8:17 NU omits still
Hosea 14:4
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4 “I will heal their (A)backsliding,
I will (B)love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.
Ezekiel 12:2
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2 “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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Jeremiah 3:22
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22 “Return, you backsliding children,
And I will (A)heal your backslidings.”
“Indeed we do come to You,
For You are the Lord our God.
Psalm 147:3
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- Psalm 147:3 Lit. sorrows
Psalm 41:4
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4 I said, “Lord, be merciful to me;
(A)Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
Psalm 6:2
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2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak;
O Lord, (A)heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Joshua 11:20
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20 For (A)it was of the Lord [a]to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, (B)as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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- Joshua 11:20 Lit. to make strong
Deuteronomy 29:4
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4 Yet (A)the Lord has not given you a heart to [a]perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day.
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- Deuteronomy 29:4 understand or know
Romans 9:18
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18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He (A)hardens.
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Acts 28:26
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26 saying,
(A)‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
Isaiah 42:19-20
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19 (A)Who is blind but My servant,
Or deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as he who is perfect,
And blind as the Lord’s servant?
20 Seeing many things, (B)but you do not observe;
Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”
James 5:19-20
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Bring Back the Erring One
19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone (A)turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way (B)will save [a]a soul from death and (C)cover a multitude of sins.
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- James 5:20 NU his soul
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