Mateus 13

13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see,* 13:13 Dt 29:4; Is 42:19–20; Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2and hearing they do not listen or understand.* 13:13 Mt 15:10; 16:12; 17:13; Mk 8:2114 Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:

You will listen and listen,

but never understand;

you will look and look,

but never perceive.* 13:14 Is 6:9; Mk 4:12; Lk 8:10; Jn 12:40; Ac 28:26–27; Rm 11:8

15 For this people’s heart has grown callous;

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts,

and turn back —

and I would heal them.* 13:14–15 Is 6:9–10,* 13:15 Is 6:10; Mt 15:8; Heb 5:11