Matthew 13:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

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  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 `Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house `are' they.
  • Matt 13:16 : 16 `And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened? 18 Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; 20 for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.' 40 And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, `Are we also blind?' 41 Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain.
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed, 4 in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;
  • Deut 29:3-4 : 3 the great trials which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders; 4 and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,
  • Isa 42:18-20 : 18 Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see. 19 Who `is' blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who `is' blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah? 20 Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

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    14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    15for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

    16`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

    17for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

    18`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

    19Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

  • Mark 4:11-13
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    11and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

    13And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    27for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

  • Matt 13:9-12
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    9He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

    10And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

    11And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

    12for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

  • Luke 8:9-11
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    9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

    10And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

    11`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

  • Matt 13:34-35
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    34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

    35that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

    10Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

  • John 10:6
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    6This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

  • John 12:39-41
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    39Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,

    40`He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'

    41these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?

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

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    3and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

  • John 8:43
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    43wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

  • Mark 4:9
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    9And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Mark 4:33
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    33And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

  • Luke 9:45
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    45And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Mark 4:23
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    23If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Mark 7:16
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    16If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Luke 18:34
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    34And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

  • Matt 15:10
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    10And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

  • John 8:27
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    27They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;

  • Isa 42:20
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    20Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

  • Luke 8:18
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    18`See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

  • Ps 135:17
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    17Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

  • Ps 115:6
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    6Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'

    16And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?