Deu 29:4, Isa 6:9-10, 29:10, Mat 13:14-15, Mar 4:11-12 | Family

Deuteronomy 29:4

Isaiah 6:9-10

Isaiah 29:10

Matthew 13:14-15

In them is fulfilled; the language of Isaiah is a description of their case. Isa 6:9,10.

Not perceive; not perceive the spiritual meaning of his words, because, as expressed in the next verse, they shut their eyes against the light. They were not converted, and not saved, as they might have been, had they loved the truth and desired to know it.

Mark 4:11-12

Mystery of the kingdom; the deeper truths of the gospel, which had not before been revealed.

Them that are without, Mt 3.2; without the circle of his disciples. These remained in ignorance through the hardness of their hearts, and their rejection of the light. This made it proper that the Saviour should instruct the multitude by parables, into the meaning of which the candid and teachable would inquire, and thus be made wise to salvation, while the careless and indifferent would neglect them. Not perceive; because they do not desire to know the truth.

Not understand; because they do not, in the right way, use proper means. Thus they are not converted or turned from their evil ways, and their sins are not forgiven.