Matthew 13:15
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15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they might not look with their eyes,
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.’(A)
Isaiah 6:10
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10 Make the mind of this people dull,
and stop their ears,
and shut their eyes,
so that they may not look with their eyes
and listen with their ears
and comprehend with their minds
and turn and be healed.”(A)
Mark 4:12
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12 in order that
‘they may indeed look but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand;
so that they may not turn again and be forgiven.’ ”(A)
Zechariah 7:11
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11 But they refused to listen and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears in order not to hear.(A)
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John 8:43-44
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43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word. 44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(A)
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2 Timothy 2:25-26
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25 correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth(A) 26 and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.[a]
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- 2.26 Or by him, to do his (that is, God’s) will
Isaiah 29:10-12
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10 For the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep;
he has closed your eyes (the prophets)
and covered your heads (the seers).(A)
11 The vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to those who can read with the command, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot, for it is sealed.”(B) 12 And if it is given to those who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot read.”
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Hebrews 5:11
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Warning against Falling Away
11 About this[a] we have much to say that is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.
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- 5.11 Or him
2 Timothy 4:4
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4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.
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Malachi 4:2
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2 But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.(A)
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Psalm 119:70
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- 119.70 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Hebrews 6:4-6
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4 For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit(A) 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come(B) 6 and then have fallen away, since they are crucifying again the Son of God to their own harm and are holding him up to contempt.(C)
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Acts 7:57
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57 But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him.
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Jeremiah 17:14
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Jeremiah Prays for Vindication
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved,
for you are my praise.(A)
Revelation 22:2
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2 through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life[a] with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.(A)
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- 22.2 Or the Lamb.
In the middle of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, is the tree of life
Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”(A)
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2 Thessalonians 2:10-11
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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(B)
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Acts 3:19
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19 Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,
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Hosea 14:4
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Assurance of Forgiveness
4 I will heal their disloyalty;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.(A)
Jeremiah 33:6
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6 I am going to bring it recovery and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them abundance[a] of prosperity and security.(A)
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- 33.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 57:18
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18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will lead them and repay them with comfort,
Jeremiah 3:22
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22 Return, O faithless children,
I will heal your faithlessness.
“Here we come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.(A)
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