13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,

‘By hearing you will hear,

and will in no way understand;

Seeing you will see,

and will in no way perceive;

15 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.’

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.