Matthew 13:13

In 9 translations

BSB

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’See Deuteronomy 29:4, Isaiah 42:20, Jeremiah 5:21, and Ezekiel 12:2.

KJV

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

WEB

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

ASV

Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

DRC

Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

GNV

Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

διὰ τοῦτο ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λαλῶ, ὅτι βλέποντες οὐ βλέπουσιν καὶ ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἀκούουσιν οὐδὲ συνίουσιν·

RP2018

Διὰ τοῦτο ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λαλῶ, ὅτι βλέποντες οὐ βλέπουσιν, καὶ ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἀκούουσιν, οὐδὲ συνιοῦσιν.

TR-Boyd

Διὰ τοῦτο ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λαλῶ, ὅτι βλέποντες οὐ βλέπουσι, καὶ ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἀκούουσιν, οὐδὲ συνιοῦσι.

SCR1894

δια τουτο εν παραβολαις αυτοις λαλω οτι βλεποντες ου βλεπουσιν και ακουοντες ουκ ακουουσιν ουδε συνιουσιν

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• Ezekiel 12:2“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
• Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
• 2 Corinthians 4:3–4And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of…
• Isaiah 42:18–20Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see! Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD? Though…
• Deuteronomy 29:3–4You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders. Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
• John 3:19–20And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
• Matthew 13:16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
• Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
• John 9:39–41Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”…
• Mark 8:17–18Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not…

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