Matthew 13:13 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹³ That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear;

¹⁷ And, noticing this, Jesus said to them: "Why are you talking about your being short of bread? Do not you yet see or understand? Are your minds still so slow or comprehension? ¹⁸ 'Though you have eyes, do you not see? and though you have ears, do you not hear?' Do not you remember,

¹⁹ The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked. ²⁰ For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed;

³⁹ And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind." ⁴⁰ Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: "Then are we blind too?" ⁴¹ "If you had been blind," replied Jesus, "you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say 'We can see,' and so your sin remains.

³ And, even if the Good News that we bring is veiled, it is veiled only in the case of those who are on the path to Ruin-- ⁴ Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them.