Matthew 13:15
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Note Isaiah 6:9–10 (see also LXX)
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- heart
- Psalm 119:70
- ears
- Zechariah 7:11; John 8:43, 44; Acts 7:57; 2 Timothy 4:4; Hebrews 5:11
- their eyes
- Isaiah 29:10–12; Isaiah 44:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:10, 11
- and should be
- Acts 3:19; 2 Timothy 2:25, 26; Hebrews 6:4–6
- and I.
- Isaiah 57:18; Jeremiah 3:22; Jeremiah 17:14; Jeremiah 33:6; Hosea 14:4; Malachi 4:2; Mark 4:12; Revelation 22:2