Matthew 13:10–17

¹⁰And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

¹¹Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.

¹²For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.

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

¹⁴And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.

¹⁵For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

¹⁶But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

¹⁷For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them: and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.