Matthew 13:10–17

¹⁰And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

¹¹He answered and said to them, “Because ^git has been given to you to know the ¹mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. ^12hFor whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. ¹⁴And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

ⁱ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,

And seeing you will see and not ^jperceive;

¹⁵For the hearts of this people have grown dull.

Their ears ^kare hard of hearing,

And their eyes they have ^lclosed,

Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,

Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,

So that I ²should ^mheal them.’

¹⁶But ⁿblessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; ¹⁷for assuredly, I say to you ^othat many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.