Matthew 13:13 Parallel Translations

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;

ERV:

Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they 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,

Matthew 13:13 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 29:4 "Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

Isaiah 42:19 Who is blind but My servant, Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is so blind as he that is at peace with Me, Or so blind as the servant of the LORD?

Isaiah 42:20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but none hears.

Jeremiah 5:21 'Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see; Who have ears but do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2 "Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

13:13 Because they seeing see not. Do not see in the true light on account of their spiritual ignorance and depravity. The desire to see spiritually is essential to clear perceptions of truth.

WES:

13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they see not - In pursuance of this general rule, I do not give more knowledge to this people, be. cause they use not that which they have already: having all the means of seeing, hearing, and understanding, they use none of them: they do not effectually see, or hear, or understand any thing.

MHC:

13:1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is stately, but to make the best of the conveniences God in his providence allots to us. Christ taught in parables. Thereby the things of God were made more plain and easy to those willing to be taught, and at the same time more difficult and obscure to those who were willingly ignorant. The parable of the sower is plain. The seed sown is the word of God. The sower is our Lord Jesus Christ, by himself, or by his ministers. Preaching to a multitude is sowing the corn; we know not where it will light. Some sort of ground, though we take ever so much pains with it, brings forth no fruit to purpose, while the good soil brings forth plentifully. So it is with the hearts of men, whose different characters are here described by four sorts of ground. Careless, trifling hearers, are an easy prey to Satan; who, as he is the great murderer of souls, so he is the great thief of sermons, and will be sure to rob us of the word, if we take not care to keep it. Hypocrites, like the stony ground, often get the start of true Christians in the shows of profession. Many are glad to hear a good sermon, who do not profit by it. They are told of free salvation, of the believer's privileges, and the happiness of heaven; and, without any change of heart, without any abiding conviction of their own depravity, their need of a Saviour, or the excellence of holiness, they soon profess an unwarranted assurance. But when some heavy trial threatens them, or some sinful advantage may be had, they give up or disguise their profession, or turn to some easier system. Worldly cares are fitly compared to thorns, for they came in with sin, and are a fruit of the curse; they are good in their place to stop a gap, but a man must be well armed that has much to do with them; they are entangling, vexing, scratching, and their end is to be burned, Heb 6:8. Worldly cares are great hinderances to our profiting by the word of God. The deceitfulness of riches does the mischief; they cannot be said to deceive us unless we put our trust in them, then they choke the good seed. What distinguished the good ground was fruitfulness. By this true Christians are distinguished from hypocrites. Christ does not say that this good ground has no stones in it, or no thorns; but none that could hinder its fruitfulness. All are not alike; we should aim at the highest, to bring forth most fruit. The sense of hearing cannot be better employed than in hearing God's word; and let us look to ourselves that we may know what sort of hearers we are.

CONC:

Cause Clear Ear Figurative Form Hearing Language Parables Reason Seeing Sense Similes Speak Stories Though Understand

Ear Figurative Form Hear Hearing Language Parables Reason Sense Similes Speak Stories Understand

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