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“ ‘Go to this people and say, “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.’[a]
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“Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”[b]
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For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him.
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He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!