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.'


In Context

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

10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

11 and he said to them, 'To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

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.'

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

14 He who is sowing doth sow the word;

Mark 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12so that, " 'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand: lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12that '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.'|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.