a‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not bperceive;
Their ears aare hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have bclosed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I1 should cheal them.’
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American Standard Version
Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Amplified® Bible
This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp {and} understand.
Contemporary English Version
I use stories when I speak to them because when they look, they cannot see, and when they listen, they cannot hear or understand.
Darby English Version
For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
Good News Bible
The reason I use parables in talking to them is that they look, but do not see, and they listen, but do not hear or understand.
International Standard Version
That's why I speak to them in parables, because 'they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
King James Version
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
New International Version
This is why I speak to them in parables:
"Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
New King James Version
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Young's Literal Translation
`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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