Matthew 13:15

The Purpose of the Parables

15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears k are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have l closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I 1 should m heal them.' 2

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 119:70
    Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law.
    Zechariah 7:11
    But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear.
    2 Timothy 4:4
    And they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
    Hebrews 5:11
    Of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
  2. Cross References
    Luke 19:42
    Saying, "If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 28:26
    Saying, 'Go to this people and say: "Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; And seeing you will see, and not perceive.
    Acts 28:27
    For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them."
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