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12 For who ever has, to him will be given and he will abound, but who ever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13 Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says, ‘In hearing you will hear and may never understand, and seeing you will see and may never know;
15 for the heart of this people has become-callous and they have selectively heard with the ears and they have closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes and should hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should turn again and I will be healing them.’
16 But your eyes are fortunate, because they are seeing, and your ears, because they are hearing.
17 For assuredly I am saying to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things you are seeing and did not see them, and to hear the things you are hearing and did not hear them.