Matthew 13:13
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13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because (A)seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, (B)nor do they understand.
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Ezekiel 12:2
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2 (A)“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of (B)a rebellious house, (C)who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are (D)a rebellious house.
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Jeremiah 5:21
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21 “Hear this, (A)O foolish and senseless people,
(B)who have eyes, but see not,
who have ears, but hear not.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
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Isaiah 42:18-20
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Israel's Failure to Hear and See
18 Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!
19 Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,[a]
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 (A)He sees many things, but does not observe them;
(B)his ears are open, but he does not hear.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:19 Or as the one at peace with me
John 3:19-20
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19 (A)And this is the judgment: (B)the light has come into the world, and (C)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (D)their works were evil. 20 (E)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, (F)lest his works should be exposed.
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Matthew 13:16
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16 But (A)blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
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Deuteronomy 29:3-4
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3 the great (A)trials that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. 4 But to this day (B)the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.
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John 9:39-41
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39 Jesus said, (A)“For judgment I came into this world, (B)that those who do not see may see, and (C)those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, (D)“Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, (E)you would have no guilt;[a] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
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- John 9:41 Greek you would not have sin
Isaiah 44:18
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18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
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Mark 8:17-18
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