Matthew 13:13-14 This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand. ¹⁴ They are a fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy, " 'You will listen and listen, and never understand, And you will look and look, and never see!