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,
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,
10 And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
11 And he answering said to them that — 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
12 for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.
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,
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.
13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:13This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
13:13Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:13For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.