Acts 28:26

World English Bible (2000)

saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

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  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.' 10 Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant? 20 You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don't see, who have ears to hear, and don't hear; for they are a rebellious house.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 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: 15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
  • Deut 29:4 : 4 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden."
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
  • Ezek 3:6-7 : 6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day." 9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. 5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened? 18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?

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  • Matt 13:13-18
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    13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

    14In 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:

    15for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

    16"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

    17For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

    18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

    10Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."

  • Acts 28:27-28
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    27For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.'

    28"Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations. They will also listen."

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

    13He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

  • John 12:38-41
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    38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

    39For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,

    40"He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."

    41Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

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    21'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

    18Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?

  • Isa 42:18
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    18"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

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    8According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."

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    20You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand."

  • 1 Cor 14:21
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    21In the law it is written, "By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord."

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    6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

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    15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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    21He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

  • Deut 29:4
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    4but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

  • Luke 8:10
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    10He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

  • Matt 13:9
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    9He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Jer 7:27-28
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    27You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.

    28You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

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    3The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

  • John 10:6
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    6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

  • Mark 4:9
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    9He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Luke 9:45
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    45But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Jer 6:10
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    10To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen. Behold, the word of Yahweh has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

  • Luke 18:34
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    34They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

  • Luke 17:23
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    23They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

  • Matt 15:10
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  • Mark 7:16
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    16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

  • Isa 29:11
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  • Isa 33:19
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    19You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, with a strange language that you can't understand.

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  • Mark 4:23
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    23If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Isa 29:18
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    18In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.