Matthew 13:13-16 `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

YLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand, ¹⁴ and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, ¹⁵ for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them. ¹⁶ `And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,