New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 13:13-16

13ThereforeG1223 G3778 I speakG2980 to them in parablesG3850; becauseG3754 while 1seeingG991 they do not seeG991, and while hearingG191 they do not hearG191, norG3761 do they understandG4920. 14And 2in their case the prophecyG4394 of IsaiahG2268 is being fulfilledG378, which saysG3004, ‘3 4You shall keepG189 on listeningG191, 5but shall not understandG4920; And 6you shall keepG991 on lookingG991, 7but shall not perceiveG3708;15 8For the heartG2588 of thisG3778 peopleG2992 has becomeG3975 dullG3975, With their earsG3775 they scarcelyG917 hearG191, And they have closedG2576 their eyesG3788, OtherwiseG3379 they might seeG3708 with their eyesG3788, HearG191 with their earsG3775, UnderstandG4920 with their heartG2588, and returnG1994, And I would healG2390 them.’ 16 9But blessedG3107 are your eyesG3788, becauseG3754 they seeG991; and your earsG3775, becauseG3754 they hearG191.

Notes

1. Matthew 13:13 Deut 29:4; Is 42:19, 20; Jer 5:21; Ezek 12:2 ↩
2. Matthew 13:14 Lit for them ↩
3. Matthew 13:14 Lit With a hearing you shall hear; a Heb idiom ↩
4. Matthew 13:14 Is 6:9; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26, 27; Rom 10:16; 11:8 ↩
5. Matthew 13:14 Lit and ↩
6. Matthew 13:14 Lit Seeing you shall see ↩
7. Matthew 13:14 Lit and ↩
8. Matthew 13:15 Is 6:10; Ps 119:70; Zech 7:11; Luke 19:42; John 8:43, 44; 2 Tim 4:4; Heb 5:11 ↩
9. Matthew 13:16 Matt 13:16, 17: Luke 10:23, 24; Matt 16:17; John 20:29 ↩