Passage · New Testament
Matthew 13:14-15
Matt.13.14-Matt.13.15
Explore this passage in the graph14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. 15For 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.’ Read this passage at the publisher: Read in NIV · Read in ESV
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Matthew 13:14-15 quotes Isaiah 6:9-10
Direct quotationHigh confidenceJesus explains the purpose of parables by quoting Isaiah's commission about a people who hear without understanding.
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