Matthew 13:15

King James Version

¹⁵For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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Matthew 13:15

New International Version

¹⁵For 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)

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Footnotes

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

Matthew 13:15

English Standard Version

¹⁵For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears ^(A)they can barely hear,
    and ^(B)their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and ^(C)understand with their heart
    and ^(D)turn, and I would heal them.’

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Matthew 13:15

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁵^(A)For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’