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When you see what I do, you will not comprehend. <a href="/esv/matthew/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘“You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.” <a href="/bsb/matthew/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. <a href="/blb/matthew/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, saying: 'In hearing you will hear and never understand; and in seeing you will see and never perceive. <a href="/kjv/matthew/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/matthew/13.htm">New King James Version</a> And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; <a href="/nasb_/matthew/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU SHALL KEEP ON LISTENING, BUT SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU SHALL KEEP ON LOOKING, BUT SHALL NOT PERCEIVE; <a href="/nasb/matthew/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, &#8216YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; <a href="/nasb77/matthew/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; <a href="/lsb/matthew/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; <a href="/amp/matthew/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU WILL HEAR and KEEP ON HEARING, BUT NEVER UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL LOOK and KEEP ON LOOKING, BUT NEVER COMPREHEND; <a href="/csb/matthew/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You will listen and listen, but never understand; you will look and look, but never perceive. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Isaiah&#8217s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You will listen and listen, yet never understand; and you will look and look, yet never perceive. <a href="/asv/matthew/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: <a href="/cev/matthew/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said, "These people will listen and listen, but never understand. They will look and look, but never see. <a href="/erv/matthew/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: <a href="/gwt/matthew/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So they make Isaiah's prophecy come true: 'You will hear clearly but never understand. You will see clearly but never comprehend. <a href="/gnt/matthew/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> So the prophecy of Isaiah applies to them: 'This people will listen and listen, but not understand; they will look and look, but not see, <a href="/isv/matthew/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> "With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: 'You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend, <a href="/msb/matthew/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ?You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. <a href="/net/matthew/13.htm">NET Bible</a> And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend. <a href="/nheb/matthew/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'In hearing you will hear, but will not understand, and seeing you will see, but not perceive. <a href="/wbt/matthew/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: <a href="/wey/matthew/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment: "'You will hear and hear and by no means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see. <a href="/web/matthew/13.htm">World English Bible</a> In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah that says, With hearing you will hear, and you will not understand, and seeing you will see, and you will not perceive, <a href="/blb/matthew/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, saying: 'In hearing you will hear and never understand; and in seeing you will see and never perceive. <a href="/ylt/matthew/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, <a href="/slt/matthew/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the prophecy of Esaias is filled up in them, saying, In hearing shall ye hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And 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. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so, in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, ‘Hearing, you shall hear, but not understand; and seeing, you shall see, but not perceive. <a href="/nabre/matthew/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: ‘You shall indeed hear but not understand, you shall indeed look but never see. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: ‘You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah who said, Hearing you will hear, but you will not understand; and seeing you will see, but you will not know. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says, 'Hearing you will hear, and you will not understand, and seeing you will see and you will not know.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says: You shall surely hear, and you will not understand; and you shall surely see, and you will not perceive. <a href="/godbey/matthew/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled unto them, saying, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, With the hearing ye shall hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and in no wise perceive: <a href="/mace/matthew/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and in them is fulfilled that prophecy of Esaias, "by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. <a href="/wey/matthew/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment: "'You will hear and hear and by no means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see. <a href="/worrell/matthew/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And to them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, 'With hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and, seeing, ye will see, and will not perceive;<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, Ye shall hear by <Fr>the<FR> hearing <Fr>of the ear,<FR> and not understand; and <Fr>in<FR> seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: for the heart of this people is grown stupid,<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/13-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=3542" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/13.htm">The Purpose of Jesus' Parables</a> …13This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ 14<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">In them</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4394.htm" title="4394: prophēteia (N-NFS) -- Prophecy, prophesying; the gift of communicating and enforcing revealed truth. From prophetes; prediction.">prophecy</a> <a href="/greek/2268.htm" title="2268: Ēsaiou (N-GMS) -- Isaiah, the prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Hesaias, an Israelite.">of Isaiah</a> <a href="/greek/378.htm" title="378: anaplēroutai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- From ana and pleroo; to complete; by implication, to occupy, supply; figuratively, to accomplish.">is fulfilled:</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legousa (V-PPA-NFS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. "></a> <a href="/greek/191.htm" title="191: akousete (V-FIA-2P) -- To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.">‘You will be ever hearing</a> <a href="/greek/189.htm" title="189: Akoē (N-DFS) -- Hearing, faculty of hearing, ear; report, rumor. From akouo; hearing."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">but</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">never</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/4920.htm" title="4920: synēte (V-ASA-2P) -- To consider, understand, perceive. From sun and hiemi; to put together, i.e. to comprehend; by implication, to act piously.">understanding;</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/991.htm" title="991: blepsete (V-FIA-2P) -- (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.">you will be ever seeing</a> <a href="/greek/991.htm" title="991: blepontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">but</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">never</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: idēte (V-ASA-2P) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">perceiving.</a> 15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a> And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” <a href="/acts/28-25.htm">Acts 28:25-27</a> They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: / ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ <a href="/john/12-39.htm">John 12:39-40</a> For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: / “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” <a href="/mark/4-12.htm">Mark 4:12</a> so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’” <a href="/luke/8-10.htm">Luke 8:10</a> He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ <a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Romans 11:8</a> as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” <a href="/deuteronomy/29-4.htm">Deuteronomy 29:4</a> Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear. <a href="/ezekiel/12-2.htm">Ezekiel 12:2</a> “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house. <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Jeremiah 5:21</a> “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear. <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10</a> For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. <a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Isaiah 44:18</a> They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. <a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14-15</a> But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. / And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. <a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Hebrews 5:11</a> We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing. <a href="/psalms/115-5.htm">Psalm 115:5-6</a> They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; <a href="/psalms/135-16.htm">Psalm 135:16-17</a> They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which said, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive:the prophecy.<a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9,10</a> And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not… <a href="/ezekiel/12-2.htm">Ezekiel 12:2</a> 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.<a href="/mark/4-12.htm">Mark 4:12</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-11.htm">Beholding</a> <a href="/matthew/5-20.htm">Case</a> <a href="/matthew/12-18.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/matthew/12-17.htm">Esaias</a> <a href="/matthew/12-23.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/matthew/12-17.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/matthew/1-22.htm">Fulfilment</a> <a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/matthew/12-29.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/matthew/12-17.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Means</a> <a href="/matthew/6-3.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/matthew/12-15.htm">Perceiving</a> <a href="/amos/2-12.htm">Prophecy</a> <a href="/matthew/10-41.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Signal</a> <a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/matthew/12-17.htm">True.</a> <a href="/matthew/13-4.htm">Way</a> <a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/matthew/12-37.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/27-55.htm">Beholding</a> <a href="/matthew/18-3.htm">Case</a> <a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/matthew/15-7.htm">Esaias</a> <a href="/matthew/13-48.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/matthew/13-35.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/matthew/13-35.htm">Fulfilment</a> <a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/matthew/15-7.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">Means</a> <a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Perceive</a> <a href="/matthew/16-8.htm">Perceiving</a> <a href="/romans/12-6.htm">Prophecy</a> <a href="/matthew/13-20.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/matthew/13-52.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/matthew/26-48.htm">Signal</a> <a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/matthew/13-35.htm">True.</a> <a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Way</a> <a href="/matthew/15-6.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/matthew/13-17.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 13</div>1. <a href="/matthew/13-1.htm">The parable of the sower and the seed;</a> 18. <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">the explanation of it.</a> 24. <a href="/matthew/13-24.htm">The parable of the weeds;</a> 31. <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">of the mustard seed;</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">of the leaven;</a> 36. <a href="/matthew/13-36.htm">explanation of the parable of the weeds.</a> 44. <a href="/matthew/13-44.htm">The parable of the hidden treasure;</a> 45. <a href="/matthew/13-45.htm">of the pearl;</a> 47. <a href="/matthew/13-47.htm">of the drag net cast into the sea.</a> 53. <a href="/matthew/13-53.htm">Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The context of Isaiah's prophecy was a time when the people of Israel were rebellious and unresponsive to God's messages. Jesus applies this prophecy to the people of His time, suggesting a continuity of spiritual blindness and deafness. This fulfillment underscores the idea that God's word remains consistent and that human nature's resistance to divine truth persists across generations.‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; This part of the prophecy highlights a spiritual condition where people hear God's word but fail to grasp its meaning. In the cultural context of Jesus' time, many Jews were familiar with the Scriptures and the teachings of the prophets, yet they did not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. This reflects a deeper spiritual issue, where the heart is hardened, preventing true comprehension. This condition is not limited to auditory hearing but extends to a lack of spiritual insight and discernment.you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. Here, the prophecy addresses the visual aspect of spiritual blindness. Despite witnessing Jesus' miracles and teachings, many people failed to perceive the truth of His identity and mission. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of spiritual blindness, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39-41</a>, where Jesus speaks of those who see but are blind. The inability to perceive is often linked to a hardened heart and a refusal to accept the truth, which is a recurring theme in both the Old and New Testaments.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is teaching His disciples about the nature of parables and the spiritual blindness of the people. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> An Old Testament prophet whose words are being fulfilled in this context. Isaiah's prophecy is referenced to illustrate the spiritual condition of the people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, who are given insight into the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_crowds.htm">The Crowds</a> The larger group of people who hear Jesus' parables but do not understand them due to their hardened hearts. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_prophecy.htm">The Prophecy</a> The specific prophecy from <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a>, which speaks of a people who hear and see but do not understand or perceive.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_blindness.htm">Understanding Spiritual Blindness</a> Spiritual blindness is a condition where individuals are unable to perceive or understand spiritual truths, despite being exposed to them. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy.htm">The Role of Prophecy</a> Prophecy serves as a divine warning and a fulfillment of God's sovereign plan. It reveals the condition of the human heart and God's foreknowledge. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_a_receptive_heart.htm">The Importance of a Receptive Heart</a> A heart that is open and receptive to God's Word is crucial for understanding and perceiving spiritual truths. We must pray for softened hearts. <a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_hearing.htm">The Responsibility of Hearing</a> Hearing God's Word comes with the responsibility to seek understanding and apply it to our lives. We must not be passive listeners. <a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_the_kingdom.htm">The Mystery of the Kingdom</a> The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven are revealed to those who earnestly seek God and are willing to listen and learn.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 13</a> <a href="/q/can_you_truly_listen_and_understand.htm">Can you truly listen and understand?</a> <a href="/q/why_aren't_sower_parable_variations_contradictory.htm">How do variations in the parable of the sower between Mark 4 and other Gospels not constitute contradictions in the Bible’s message?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_harden_hearts_in_isaiah_6_9-10.htm">Isaiah 6:9–10 – How does a just God justify hardening people’s hearts so they cannot understand or repent?</a> <a href="/q/does_isaiah_7_14_predict_jesus's_birth.htm">Matthew 1:22-23 - Does Isaiah 7:14 really foretell Jesus's birth, or was that prophecy intended for a different context?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) In them is fulfilled.--The Greek verb expresses complete fulfilment, but the tense is that of a work still in progress. The prominence given to these words of Isaiah's in the New Testament is very noticeable. Our Lord quotes them here, St. John in <a href="/john/12-40.htm" title="He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.">John 12:40</a>. St. Paul cites them in <a href="/acts/28-26.htm" title="Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and not perceive:">Acts 28:26</a>. The quotation is from the LXX. version. It is as though the words which sounded at the very opening of Isaiah's prophecy as the knell of the nation's life, dwelt on the minds of the Master and His disciples, and prepared them for the seeming fruitlessness and hopelessness of their work.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - And in them; and unto them (Revised Version); i.e. with reference to them (cf. <a href="/jude/1-14.htm">Jude 1:14</a>). Is fulfilled. Completely (ἀναπληροῦται; cf. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:16</a>). The present, because the process is still going on. The prophecy of Esaias, which saith (<a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9, 10</a>). Not quoted in this form in the parallel passages; for <a href="/mark/4-12.htm">Mark 4:12</a> and <a href="/luke/8-10.htm">Luke 8:10</a> are really nearer our ver. 13. The quotation is taken verbally from the LXX., and so in <a href="/acts/28-26.htm">Acts 28:26, 27</a>. But <a href="/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a>, on the contrary, is nearer the Hebrew. By hearing ye shall hear (ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε). A too literal translation of the Greek attempt to reproduce the Hebrew idiom, which is rather "hear ye indeed" as a continued action (שמעו שמוע). And shall not understand (<a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a>, note); and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. You may gaze at the object, but you shall not really see it. So with the bodily eye, an image may be formed in the retina, yet no impression conveyed to the brain. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/13-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>In them αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. prophecy προφητεία (prophēteia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4394.htm">Strong's 4394: </a> Prophecy, prophesying; the gift of communicating and enforcing revealed truth. From prophetes; prediction. of Isaiah Ἠσαΐου (Ēsaiou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2268.htm">Strong's 2268: </a> Isaiah, the prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Hesaias, an Israelite. is fulfilled: ἀναπληροῦται (anaplēroutai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_378.htm">Strong's 378: </a> From ana and pleroo; to complete; by implication, to occupy, supply; figuratively, to accomplish. ‘You will be ever hearing ἀκούσετε (akousete) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_191.htm">Strong's 191: </a> To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear. but καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. never οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. understanding; συνῆτε (synēte) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4920.htm">Strong's 4920: </a> To consider, understand, perceive. From sun and hiemi; to put together, i.e. to comprehend; by implication, to act piously. you will be ever seeing βλέψετε (blepsete) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_991.htm">Strong's 991: </a> (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at. but καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. never οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. perceiving. ἴδητε (idēte) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 13:14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah (Matt. 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