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


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Luke 8 10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Matthew 13 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Acts 28 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Mark 4 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
John 10 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Isaiah 6 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Mark 8 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Mark 4 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Isaiah 44 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jeremiah 5 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Luke 6 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Luke 18 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Matthew 15 16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Ezekiel 20 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Matthew 13 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Jeremiah 5 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Isaiah 42 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Luke 15 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
Micah 4 12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
John 8 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Isaiah 32 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Jeremiah 29 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
Deuteronomy 29 4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Luke 12 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
Isaiah 42 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
Proverbs 15 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
2 Timothy 4 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Ezekiel 37 18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
Ezekiel 24 19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Job 21 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Matthew 13 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Matthew 22 1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Luke 2 50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Isaiah 11 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
John 6 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
Luke 8 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
John 3 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Daniel 5 8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Jeremiah 7 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Exodus 20 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
John 12 40 He hath 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.
Job 34 16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Mark 4 33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark 7 18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Proverbs 26 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Matthew 10 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Mark 8 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Job 8 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?