Proverbs 20:12

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

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Matthew 13:13-16

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¹³This is why I speak to them in parables:

“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.^(A)

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

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

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

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Footnotes

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

Psalm 94:9

New International Version

⁹Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?^(A)

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Ephesians 1:17-18

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¹⁷I 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. ¹⁸I 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

Ephesians 1:17 Or a spirit

Psalm 119:18

New International Version

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

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Exodus 4:11

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¹¹The 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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Acts 26:18

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¹⁸to 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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