Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 13:13-17

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13“Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while aseeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14“And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘1,aYou will keep on hearing, 2but will not understand;3You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;
15aFor the heart of this people has become dull,And with their ears they scarcely hear,And they have closed their eyes,Lest they would see with their eyes,Hear with their ears,And understand with their heart and return,And I would heal them.’
16“aBut blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. 17“For truly I say to you that amany prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.