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

"Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

"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.

This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand.

On this account by means of illustrations I am speaking to them, because while seeing they are not seeing, and while hearing they are not hearing, neither are they understanding.

This is why I speak to them in these parables; because they go through life with their eyes open, but see nothing, and with their ears open, but understand nothing of what they hear.

This is why I am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.

1. From "Once Upon a Time..." to "Happily Ever After"? - Neil Girrard
2. Satan's Challenge Of Christ In The Wilderness; War On the Saints - Jesse Penn-Lewis

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