12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    (B)the Lord has made them both.

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12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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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. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

(C)“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
    and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15 For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears (D)they can barely hear,
    and (E)their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and (F)understand with their heart
    and (G)turn, and I would heal them.’

16 But (H)blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

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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)

14 In them is fulfilled(B) the prophecy of Isaiah:

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
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](C)

16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.(D)

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Footnotes

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

(A)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?

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Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?(A)

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17 that (A)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, (B)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 (C)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is (D)the hope to which he has called you, what are (E)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

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17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,(A) may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom(B) and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened(C) in order that you may know the hope to which he has called(D) you, the riches(E) of his glorious inheritance(F) in his holy people,(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:17 Or a spirit

18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
    wondrous things out of your law.

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18 Open my eyes that I may see
    wonderful things in your law.

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11 Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

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11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute?(A) Who gives them sight or makes them blind?(B) Is it not I, the Lord?

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18 (A)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (B)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (C)forgiveness of sins and (D)a place among those who are sanctified (E)by faith in me.’

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18 to open their eyes(A) and turn them from darkness to light,(B) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(C) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(D)

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