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14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

(A)“‘You will indeed hear but never understand,
    and you will indeed see but never perceive.
15 For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears (B)they can barely hear,
    and (C)their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and (D)understand with their heart
    and (E)turn, and I would heal them.’

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14 In them is fulfilled(A) the prophecy of Isaiah:

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    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.’[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

26 (A)“‘Go to this people, and say,
(B)You will indeed hear but never understand,
    and you will indeed see but never perceive.
27 (C)For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears they can barely hear,
    and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
    and (D)turn, and I would heal them.’

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26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(A)
    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.’[a](B)

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  1. Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

12 (A)so that

“they (B)may indeed see but not perceive,
    and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they (C)should turn and be forgiven.”

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12 so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
    and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a](A)

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  1. Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10

10 he said, (A)“To you it has been given to know (B)the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so (C)that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand’.

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10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(A) but to others I speak in parables, so that,

“‘though seeing, they may not see;
    though hearing, they may not understand.’[a](B)

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  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9

as it is written,

(A)“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    (B)eyes that would not see
    and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”

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as it is written:

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    eyes that could not see
    and ears that could not hear,(A)
to this very day.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10