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Matthew 13:15

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

KJV

ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἤκουσαν, καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάμμυσαν, μήποτε ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν ἀκούσωσιν καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσιν, καὶ ἰάσομαι αὐτούς.

Greek NT

Incrassatum est enim cor populi hujus, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos clauserunt : nequando videant oculis, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos.

Vulgate

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

ASV

For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βαρέως
bareos
adverb · 2×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καμμύω
kammuo
verb · 2×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
μήποτε
mepote
adverb · 25×
οὖς
ous
noun · 36×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παχύνω
pachuno
verb · 2×
συνίημι
suniemi
verb · 26×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐπιστρέφω
epistrepho
verb · 36×
ἰάομαι
iaomai
verb · 25×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
§787From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings.215 Jesus spoke of a still more intimate communion between him and those who would follow him: "Abide in me, and I in you.... I am the vine, you are the branches."216 and he proclaimed a mysterious and real …

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 2:25 — In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
  • 2Tim 4:4 — And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 7:57 — Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
  • Eph 1:18 — The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
  • Eph 4:18 — Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
  • Heb 3:8 — Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  • Heb 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
  • Heb 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
  • Heb 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
  • Isa 6:10 — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
  • Isa 6:10 — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
  • Isa 29:10 — For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
  • Isa 58:8 — Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
  • Isa 59:1 — Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
  • Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Jer 17:14 — Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
  • John 8:37 — I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
  • John 8:43 — Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
  • Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Mark 4:12 — That 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.
  • Matt 18:3 — And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
  • Prov 16:30 — He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
  • Ps 14:2 — The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
  • Ps 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
  • Ps 119:70 — Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
  • Rev 22:2 — In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were fo
  • Zech 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
  • Zech 7:12 — Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from