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12 so that[a] they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.”

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  1. 4.12 so that . . . : One might rephrase this: “so that the scripture might be fulfiled”; cf. Jn 18.32; 19.24, 28. It was not God’s intention to prevent their understanding. Matthew avoids this difficulty by writing, “I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see” (Mt 13.13).

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