¹⁰And the disciples came up and^* said to him, “Why^d do you speak to them in parables?” ¹¹And he answered and^* said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those people it has not been granted. ¹²For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³For this reason I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand, ¹⁴and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says,

“You will listen carefully^e and will never understand,

and you will look closely^f and will never perceive.

¹⁵For the heart of this people has become dull,

and with their ears they hear with difficulty,

and they have shut their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their heart

and turn, and I would heal them.”^g

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

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
dLiterally “because of what”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
eLiterally “with hearing you will hear”
fLiterally “seeing you will see”
gA quotation from Isa 6:9–10