Matthew 13:13

English Standard Version

13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. (De 29:4; Isa 42:19; Jer 5:21; Eze 12:2; Mt 13:19; Mt 13:51; Mt 15:10; Mt 16:12; Mr 8:21; Ro 11:8; 2Co 3:14; 2Co 4:4) 

New International Version

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 

New International Reader’s Version

13 Here is why I use stories when I speak to the people. I say, ‘They look, but they don’t really see. They listen, but they don’t really hear or understand. 

King James Version

13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 

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