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


In Context

10 The disciples came, and said to him, |Why do you speak to them in parables?|

11 He answered them, |To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

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

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.'

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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