Matthew 13:15

The Reason For The Parables

¹⁴ In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
‘You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;
You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;
¹⁵ For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’
¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

Dull of Hearing

With the Heart

O God

Hebrews 5:11

Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

Psalm 119:70

Their heart is covered with fat,
But I delight in Your law.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.

John 8:43-44

Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.

2 Timothy 4:4

and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Isaiah 6:10

“Render the hearts of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

Isaiah 29:10-12

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,
He has shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Isaiah 57:18

“I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners,

Jeremiah 3:22

“Return, O faithless sons,
I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to You;
For You are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 17:14

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.

Jeremiah 33:6

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their apostasy,
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from them.

Malachi 4:2

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

Mark 4:12

so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven.”

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

Acts 7:57

But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-11

and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 6:4-6

For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.