Matthew 13:14

Geneva Bible (1560)

So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue. 10 Make the heart of this people fatte, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their hearts, and conuert, and he heale them.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he sayd, Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of ye kingdome of God, but to other in parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they should not vnderstand.
  • Acts 28:25-27 : 25 Therefore when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, to wit, Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers, 26 Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue. 27 For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale them.
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 Therefore their mindes are hardened: for vntill this day remaineth the same couering vntaken away in the reading of the olde Testament, which vaile in Christ is put away.
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto this day. 9 And Dauid sayth, Let their table be made a snare, and a net, and a stumbling blocke, euen for a recompence vnto them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, and bowe downe their backe alwayes.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 Sonne of man, thou dwellest in the middes of a rebellious house, which haue eyes to see, and see not: they haue eares to heare, and heare not: for they are a rebellious house.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 13:13
    91%

    13 Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand.

  • Acts 28:26-27
    2 verses
    89%

    26 Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.

    27 For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale them.

  • Mark 4:11-13
    3 verses
    87%

    11 And he saide vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all thinges bee done in parables,

    12 That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

    13 Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

  • Matt 13:15-18
    4 verses
    87%

    15 For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.

    16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare.

    17 For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, & righteous men haue desired to see those things which ye see, & haue not seene them, & to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

    18 Heare ye therefore ye parable of ye sower.

  • Isa 6:9-10
    2 verses
    83%

    9 And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue.

    10 Make the heart of this people fatte, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their hearts, and conuert, and he heale them.

  • John 12:38-41
    4 verses
    82%

    38 That the saying of Esaias the Prophete might be fulfilled, that he sayd, Lord, who beleeued our report? and to whome is the arme of the Lord reueiled?

    39 Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe,

    40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

    41 These things sayd Esaias when he sawe his glory, and spake of him.

  • Mark 8:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17 And when Iesus knew it, he said vnto them, Why reason you thus, because ye haue no bread? perceiue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? haue ye your hearts yet hardened?

    18 Haue yee eyes, and see not? and haue yee eares, and heare not? and doe ye not remember?

  • Luke 8:10
    78%

    10 And he sayd, Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of ye kingdome of God, but to other in parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they should not vnderstand.

  • Matt 13:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9 He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

    10 Then the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

    11 And he answered, & said vnto them, Because it is giuen vnto you, to know the secretes of the kingdome of heauen, but to the it is not giue.

  • Matt 11:15
    77%

    15 He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Matt 12:17
    77%

    17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

  • Jer 5:21
    76%

    21 Heare nowe this, O foolish people, and without vnderstanding, which haue eyes and see not, which haue eares and heare not.

  • Isa 42:20
    76%

    20 Seeing many things, but thou keepest them not? opening the eares, but he heareth not?

  • Rom 11:8
    76%

    8 According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto this day.

  • Isa 42:18
    76%

    18 Heare, ye deafe: and ye blinde, regarde, that ye may see.

  • Isa 44:18
    76%

    18 They haue not knowen, nor vnderstand: for God hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and their heartes, that they cannot vnderstand.

  • Rom 15:21
    75%

    21 But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.

  • Matt 13:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34 All these thinges spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not to them,

    35 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, and will vtter the thinges which haue beene kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.

  • Mark 4:9
    75%

    9 Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

  • John 10:6
    74%

    6 This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

  • Mark 8:21
    74%

    21 Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?

  • Luke 18:34
    74%

    34 But they vnderstood none of these things, and this saying was hidde from them, neither perceiued they the things, which were spoken.

  • Luke 9:45
    74%

    45 But they vnderstood not that word: for it was hid from them, so that they could not perceiue it: and they feared to aske him of that worde.

  • Mark 4:23
    74%

    23 If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Matt 15:10
    74%

    10 Then hee called the multitude vnto him, and said to them, Heare and vnderstand.

  • Luke 10:24
    73%

    24 For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings haue desired to see those things, which ye see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

  • Isa 29:18
    73%

    18 And in that day shall the deafe heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blinde shall see out of obscuritie, and out of darkenesse.

  • Matt 4:14
    73%

    14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Propet, saying,

  • Mark 7:16
    73%

    16 If any haue eares to heare, let him heare.

  • Isa 32:3
    73%

    3 The eyes of the seeing shal not be shut, and the eares of them that heare, shall hearken.

  • John 8:43
    73%

    43 Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

  • John 9:39
    73%

    39 And Iesus sayd, I am come vnto iudgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blinde.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    73%

    21 In the Lawe it is written, By men of other tongues, and by other languages will I speake vnto this people: yet so shal they not heare me, sayth the Lord.

  • Isa 29:11
    73%

    11 And the vision of them all is become vnto you, as the wordes of a booke that is sealed vp, which they deliuer to one that can reade, saying, Reade this, I pray thee. Then shall he say, I can not: for it is sealed.

  • Matt 15:16
    73%

    16 Then said Iesus, Are ye yet without vnderstanding?

  • John 9:41
    73%

    41 Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.