Bible Verses

For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears hardly hear, and their eyes dare not see. If they were to see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, they would turn back, and I would heal them.

Within them, the words of the prophet Isaiah are fulfilled: Despite hearing, you do not understand; you shall indeed look but never see.

That is why I speak to them in parables; because they look but do not see, hear but do not listen or understand.

For those who have, more will be given, and they will have abundance. But those who do not have will lose even what they do have.

Jesus answered, “To you, it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but not to these people.

Then his disciples came to him and asked: “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

If you have ears, then hear!”

Still, other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop: some a hundredfold, others sixty, and others thirty.

Again, other seeds fell among the thistles, which grew and choked the plants.

But as soon as the sun rose, the plants were scorched; and they withered, because they had no roots.