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

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

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.

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

Within them, the words of the prophet Isaiah are fulfilled:

Despite hearing,

you do not understand;

you shall indeed look but never see.

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.

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

For I tell you, many prophets and righteous people have longed to see the things you see, but they did not see them; and to hear the things you hear, but they did not hear them.