ABU(i)
11 And he answering said to them: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.
12 For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.
15 For the heart of this people is become gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn, and I shall heal them.
16 But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
17 For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see, and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear.