“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;”
Matthew 13:14 (WEB)
Context Reading
12For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has. 13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. 14In 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; 15for 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.’ 16“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.