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so that, 1 "They may look and look, yet not see; they may listen and listen, yet not understand. For if they did, they would turn to God, and he would forgive them.' "
That seeing they may see Which the end and reason of his speaking to them in parables. The passage referred to is in ( Isaiah 6:9Isaiah 6:10 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 13:14). (See Gill on Matthew 13:15).
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When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.
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"You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God," Jesus answered. "But the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables,
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so that, "They may look and look, yet not see; they may listen and listen, yet not understand. For if they did, they would turn to God, and he would forgive them.' "
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Then Jesus asked them, "Don't you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable?