Matthew 13:13
Parallel Translations


NASB: "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: This is why I speak to them this way. They see, but they're blind. They hear, but they don't listen. They don't even try to understand. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
ASV: Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
BBE: For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
DBY: For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
WEY: I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.
WBS: Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
WEB: Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
YLT: 'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

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