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Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Therefore {G1223}{G5124} speak I {G2980} to them {G846} in {G1722} parables {G3850}: because {G3754} they seeing {G991} see {G991} not {G3756}; and {G2532} hearing {G191} they hear {G191} not {G3756}, neither {G3761} do they understand {G4920}.

Here is why I speak to them in parables: they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding.

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

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Cross-References

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 5:21 (12 votes)

    Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  • Isaiah 42:18 (8 votes)

    ¶ Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

  • Isaiah 42:20 (8 votes)

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

  • 2 Corinthians 4:3 (7 votes)

    But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4 (7 votes)

    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

  • Matthew 13:16 (6 votes)

    But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.