13For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;


In Context

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

11 And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

12 for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

13 For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

14 and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;

15 for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Matthew 13:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:13This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:13Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.