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Matthew 13:15
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13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
a‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not bperceive; 
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
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.’  
16 But ablessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;  
17 for assuredly, I say to you athat many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.  

The Parable of the Sower Explained

18 a“Therefore hear the parable of the sower:  
19 When anyone hears the word aof the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.  
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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Matthew 13:15

Is waxed gross (epaxunqh). Aorist passive tense. From paxuv, thick, fat, stout. Made callous or dull — even fatty degeneration of the heart.

Dull of hearing (toiv wsin barewv hkousan). Another aorist. Literally, "They heard (or hear) heavily with their ears." The hard of hearing are usually sensitive.

Their eyes they have closed (touv ofqalmouv autwn ekammusan). The epic and vernacular verb kammuw is from katamuw (to shut down). We say shut up of the mouth, but the eyes really shut down. The Hebrew verb in Isaiah 6:10 means to smear over. The eyes can be smeared with wax or cataract and thus closed. "Sealing up the eyes was an oriental punishment" (Vincent). See Isaiah 29:10; Isaiah 44:18.

Lest (mhpote). This negative purpose as a judgment is left in the quotation from Isaiah. It is a solemn thought for all who read or hear the word of God.

And I should heal them (kai iasomai autouv). Here the LXX changes to the future indicative rather than the aorist subjunctive as before.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 13:15:

Matthew 13:3
Mark 4:12
John 12:40
Acts 28:26
James 5:16

 

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