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Matthew 13:13
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Matthew 13:13
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13 That is why I use these parables,
For they look, but they don’t really see.
They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.
Matthew 13:13
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Matthew 13:13
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13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.(A)
Ezekiel 12:2
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Ezekiel 12:2
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2 “Son of man, you live among rebels who have eyes but refuse to see. They have ears but refuse to hear. For they are a rebellious people.
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Ezekiel 12:2
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Ezekiel 12:2
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2 “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)
Jeremiah 5:21
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Jeremiah 5:21
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21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people,
with eyes that do not see
and ears that do not hear.
Jeremiah 5:21
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Jeremiah 5:21
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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3 If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. 4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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Isaiah 42:18-20
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Isaiah 42:18-20
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Israel’s Failure to Listen and See
18 “Listen, you who are deaf!
Look and see, you blind!
19 Who is as blind as my own people, my servant?
Who is as deaf as my messenger?
Who is as blind as my chosen people,
the servant of the Lord?
20 You see and recognize what is right
but refuse to act on it.
You hear with your ears,
but you don’t really listen.”
Isaiah 42:18-20
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Isaiah 42:18-20
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Israel Blind and Deaf
18 “Hear, you deaf;(A)
look, you blind, and see!
19 Who is blind(B) but my servant,(C)
and deaf like the messenger(D) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant(E) with me,
blind like the servant of the Lord?
20 You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
your ears are open, but you do not listen.”(F)
John 3:19-20
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John 3:19-20
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19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.
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John 3:19-20
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John 3:19-20
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19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C)
Matthew 13:16
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Matthew 13:16
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16 “But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
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Matthew 13:16
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Matthew 13:16
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16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.(A)
Deuteronomy 29:3-4
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Deuteronomy 29:3-4
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3 all the great tests of strength, the miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders. 4 But to this day the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear!
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Deuteronomy 29:3-4
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Deuteronomy 29:3-4
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3 With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those signs and great wonders.(A) 4 But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.(B)
John 9:39-41
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John 9:39-41
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39 Then Jesus told him,[a] “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see[b] that they are blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”
41 “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.
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John 9:39-41
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John 9:39-41
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39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment(A) I have come into this world,(B) so that the blind will see(C) and those who see will become blind.”(D)
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”(E)
41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.(F)
Footnotes
- John 9:39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said … 39 Jesus said.
Isaiah 44:18
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Isaiah 44:18
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18 Such stupidity and ignorance!
Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see.
Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
Isaiah 44:18
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Isaiah 44:18
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Mark 8:17-18
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Mark 8:17-18
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17 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Don’t you know or understand even yet? Are your hearts too hard to take it in? 18 ‘You have eyes—can’t you see? You have ears—can’t you hear?’[a] Don’t you remember anything at all?
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Mark 8:17-18
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Mark 8:17-18
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17 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?(A) 18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?
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