Matthew 13:14-17

14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 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]
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Cross References 4

  • 1. ver 35; S Matthew 1:22
  • 2. Isaiah 6:9,10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26,27; Romans 11:8
  • 3. Matthew 16:17
  • 4. John 8:56; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10-12

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
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