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This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
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In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
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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.’
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When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
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But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
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Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
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Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
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How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—
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But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
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so that, “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’”
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Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
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With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
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Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
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Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
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He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”
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But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
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To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,” he said, and went out into the entryway.
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Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
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He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
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But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
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But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
