13 Perciò, parlo io loro in parabole, perchè veggendo non veggono, udendo non odono, e non intendono.

14 E si adempie in loro la profezia d’Isaia, che dice: Bene udirete, ma non intenderete; ben riguarderete, ma non vedrete.

15 Perciocchè il cuore di questo popolo è ingrassato, e odono gravemente con gli orecchi, e chiudono gli occhi; acciocchè non veggano con gli occhi, e non odano con gli orecchi, e non intendano col cuore, e non si convertano, ed io non li sani.

13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 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.