Mark 4:12
"That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them."
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- Isaiah 6:9
"And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 44:18
"They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 13:14
"And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 5:21
"Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 29:4
"Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day."
Read in chapter → - John 12:37
"But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:"
Read in chapter → - Luke 8:10
"And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand."
Read in chapter → - 2 Timothy 2:25
"In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 12:2
"Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house."
Read in chapter → - Romans 11:8
"According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this day."
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