Matthew 13:13-16 Therefore, I am speaking to them with parables because although they can see, they really do not perceive, and although they can hear, they really do not comprehend, and so they utterly fail to understand what I am trying to get across.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ Therefore, I am speaking to them with parables because [although] they can see, they [really] do not perceive, and [although] they can hear, they [really] do not comprehend, and so they [utterly] fail to understand [what I am trying to get across]. ¹⁴ So, the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled by them, which says, [Isa. 6:9f] ‘You will hear all right, but you will not understand [what you hear]. You will see all right but you will not perceive [what you see]. ¹⁵ For these people’s minds are dull, and their ears have difficulty hearing, and they have shut their eyes. For if this were not the case, they would perceive what they see with their eyes, and comprehend what they hear with their ears, and understand with their minds and would turn [back to God] again so I would heal them [from their sins].’ ¹⁶ But your eyes are fortunate for they [really] see, and so are your ears, for they [really] hear.