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.’”

Cross References (15)

  • Isaiah 6:9–10 (43)

    And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceivin

  • Isaiah 44:18 (31)

    They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot u

  • Matthew 13:14–15 (24)

    In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing

  • Jeremiah 5:21 (23)

    “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Deuteronomy 29:4 (19)

    Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

  • John 12:37–41 (15)

    Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.

  • Luke 8:10 (13)

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parabl

  • 2 Timothy 2:25 (11)

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of th

  • Hebrews 6:6 (10)

    and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over a

  • Romans 11:8–10 (10)

    as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very

  • Ezekiel 12:2 (10)

    “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hea

  • Jeremiah 31:18–20 (9)

    I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may retu

  • Acts 28:25–27 (9)

    They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right

  • Ezekiel 18:27–32 (6)

    But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

  • Acts 3:19 (4)

    Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,