Mat 13:13-16, Mar 4:33 | ESV | STEP | This is why I speak to them in parables , because seeing they do not see , and hearing they do not hear , nor do they understand .

Matthew 13:13-16

13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because ^aseeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, ^bnor do they understand. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

^c“‘“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 ^dthey can barely hear,
and ^etheir eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and ^funderstand with their heart
and ^gturn, and I would heal them.’
16 But ^hblessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

Mark 4:33

33 ⁱWith many such parables he spoke ^jthe word to them, ^kas they were able to hear it.