Acts 28:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

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  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know. 10 Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who `is' blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who `is' blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah? 20 Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 `Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house `are' they.
  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, 15 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
  • Deut 29:4 : 4 and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me. 12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes -- the prophets, And your heads -- the seers -- He covered.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.'
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 I also -- I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
  • Ezek 3:6-7 : 6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee, 7 but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 And he said unto them, `O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?' 39 Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said, 40 `He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day, 9 and David saith, `Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them; 10 let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God; 5 for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus; 6 because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened? 18 Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?

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  • Matt 13:13-18
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    89%

    13`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

    14and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    15for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

    16`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

    17for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

    18`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    88%

    9And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

    10Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

  • Acts 28:27-28
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    86%

    27for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

    28`Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;'

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    82%

    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

    13And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

  • John 12:38-41
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    38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?'

    39Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,

    40`He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'

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

  • Jer 5:21
    78%

    21Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?

    18Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?

  • Isa 42:18
    77%

    18Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.

  • Rom 11:8
    76%

    8according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

  • Isa 42:20
    76%

    20Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.

  • Rom 15:21
    75%

    21but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

  • 1 Cor 14:21
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    21in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;'

  • Ezek 3:6
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    6not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

  • Isa 28:11-12
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    11For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

    12Unto whom He hath said, `This `is' the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this -- the refreshing:' And they have not been willing to hear,

  • Acts 28:25
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    25And not being agreed with one another, they were going away, Paul having spoken one word -- `Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,

  • Matt 11:15
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    15he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

  • Deut 29:4
    74%

    4and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,

  • Luke 8:10
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    10And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

  • Matt 13:9
    73%

    9He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Jer 7:27-28
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    73%

    27And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

    28And thou hast said unto them: This `is' the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

  • Isa 32:3
    73%

    3And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.

  • John 10:6
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    6This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

  • Mark 4:9
    72%

    9And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Luke 9:45
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    45And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Jer 6:10
    72%

    10To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear `is' uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

  • Luke 18:34
    72%

    34And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

  • Luke 17:23
    72%

    23and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;

  • Matt 15:10
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    10And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:

  • Mark 7:16
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    16If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Isa 29:11
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    11And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed book, That they give unto one knowing books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, `I am not able, for it `is' sealed;'

  • Isa 33:19
    72%

    19The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

  • Rom 10:16
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    16But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, `Lord, who did give credence to our report?'

  • Mark 4:23
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    23If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Isa 29:18
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    18And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.