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Acts 28:26

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Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

Saying {G3004}, Go {G4198} unto {G4314} this {G5126} people {G2992}, and {G2532} say {G2036}, Hearing {G189} ye shall hear {G191}, and {G2532} shall {G4920} not {G3364} understand {G4920}; and {G2532} seeing {G991} ye shall see {G991}, and {G2532} not {G3364} perceive {G1492}:

‘Go to this people and say,
“You will keep on hearing but never understand,
and you will keep on seeing but never perceive,

‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 6:9 (34 votes)

    ¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

  • Isaiah 6:10 (34 votes)

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  • Ezekiel 12:2 (17 votes)

    Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they [are] a rebellious house.

  • Isaiah 42:19 (13 votes)

    Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

  • Isaiah 42:20 (13 votes)

    Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

  • Matthew 13:14 (11 votes)

    And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

  • Matthew 13:15 (11 votes)

    For 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.