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15 for this people’s heart has become dull,
    and their ears are hard of hearing.[a]
They have shut their eyes
    so that they might not see with their eyes,
        and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart and turn,
    and I would heal them.’[b]

16 “How blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear! 17 I tell all of you[c] with certainty, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them.”

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  1. Matthew 13:15 Lit. they hear with ears of heaviness
  2. Matthew 13:15 Cf. Isa 6:9-10
  3. Matthew 13:17 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.

15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](A)

16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.(B) 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see(C) but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

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  1. Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)