^12-13 “For to him who has will more be given,” he told them, “and he will have great plenty; but from him who has not, even the little he has will be taken away. That is why I use these illustrations, so people will hear and see but not understand.^[a]

¹⁴ “This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah:

‘They hear, but don’t understand; they look, but don’t see! ¹⁵ For their hearts are fat and heavy, and their ears are dull, and they have closed their eyes in sleep,