Ulangan 29:4

29:4 But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears! ¹ 

Yesaya 42:20

42:20 You see ²  many things, but don’t comprehend; ³ 

their ears are open, but do not hear.”

Matius 13:15

13:15 For the heart of this people has become dull;

they are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their hearts

and turn, and I would heal them.’ ⁴ 

Markus 8:18

8:18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? ⁵  Don’t you remember?

[29:4]  ¹ tn Heb “a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear” (NASB similar); NAB, NRSV “a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.”

[42:20]  ² tn The consonantal text (Kethib) has a perfect, 2nd person masculine singular; the marginal reading (Qere) has an infinitive absolute, which functions here as a finite verb.

[42:20]  ³ tn Heb “but you do not guard [i.e., retain in your memory]”; NIV “but have paid no attention.”

[13:15]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10. Thus parables both conceal or reveal depending on whether one is open to hearing what they teach.

[8:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “do you not hear?”