13 This is why I speak to them in parables:

“Though seeing, they do not see;

though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

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

13 That is why I use these parables,

For they look, but they don’t really see.

They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.

13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

13 This is why I use stories to teach the people: They see, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really hear or understand.

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

13 For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

13 This is why I speak to them this way. They see, but they’re blind. They hear, but they don’t listen. They don’t even try to understand.

13 For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

13 The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’

13 For this reason I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,

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.

13 “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.