Matthew 13:15

Translations

Modern

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

Traditional

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.

Literal

For the heart of this people grew dull, and they barely hear with the ears, and they closed their eyes, lest ever they might see with the eyes, and might hear with the ears, and might understand with the heart, and might return, and I will heal them.’

Latin

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.

Original

Greek

English

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

Notes

Matthew 13:14–15

Similar to the message of the prophet Isaiah, the message of Jesus has two effects:

It judges those who do not believe or obey, and
it creates a small group of faithful people who do the Lord's will (Matthew 21:43).

Matthew 13:11–15

Jesus answered the disciples question in verse 10. He told them that the Jews' stubborn disbelief and rejection of him brought God's condemnation.

Matthew 13:1–53

In the third major speech recorded by Matthew (see study note on Matthew 5:1–7:29), Jesus here recognized the separation of his followers from others (Matthew 13:14, 16). He began to reveal the secrets of the kingdom of heaven privately to them through parables.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Citizenship in the Kingdom God’s Promised Kingdom God's Word at the Center Hardened Hearts Misunderstanding in the Gospel of John The Stone the Builders Rejected

Events

Seaside Parables and Miraclec. AD 28

Related verses

Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
Mark 4:12
…so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
John 8:43–44
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
2 Timothy 2:25–26
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
Isaiah 29:10–12
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
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 out and leap like calves from the stall.
Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
Hebrews 5:11
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
Psalm 119:70
Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.
Acts 7:57
At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
2 Timothy 4:4
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

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