Matthew 13:15

American Standard Version (1901)

For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

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  • John 8:43-44 : 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
  • Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
  • Heb 5:11 : 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.
  • Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
  • 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
  • Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered. 11 And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed: 12 and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Isa 57:18 : 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
  • Jer 17:14 : 14 Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
  • Jer 33:6 : 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.
  • Hos 14:4 : 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
  • Rev 22:2 : 2 in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve [manner of] fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 7:57 : 57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
  • 2 Thess 2:10-11 : 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:
  • 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

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    26saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

    27For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

    28Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

    10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

  • John 12:38-41
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    38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

    39For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,

    40He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

    41These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    14And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

    13And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

  • Matt 13:16-18
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    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

    17For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

    18Hear then ye the parable of the sower.

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    17And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened?

    18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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    9He that hath ears, let him hear.

  • Isa 42:18
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    18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

  • Matt 20:33-34
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    33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

    34And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

  • Mark 7:16
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    16(Ommitted)

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    11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

  • Matt 15:10
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    10And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

  • Matt 15:30-31
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    30And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at this feet; and he healed them:

    31insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

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    3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

  • Mark 4:23
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    23If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 2 Cor 3:14
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    14but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed [to them] that it is done away in Christ.

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    5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

  • Luke 24:16
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    16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

  • Mark 7:34
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    34and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

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    9And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Isa 29:13
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    13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them] ;

  • John 9:39
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    39And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

  • Isa 42:20
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    20Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.

  • Matt 15:8
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    8This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

  • Matt 11:5
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    5the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

  • Matt 9:30
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    30And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

  • Deut 29:4
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    4but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

  • Mark 6:52
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    52for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

  • Eph 4:18
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    18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

  • Isa 29:18
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    18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

  • Luke 9:45
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    45But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.