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13 10 The disciples went up to him and asked, 'Why do you speak to them in Pbles?' 13 11 He replied, 'It has been granted to you to know the secrets of the kingdom of Heaven; but to those others it has not been granted. 13 12 For the man who has will be given more, till he has enough and to spare; and the man who has not will forfeit even what he has. 13 13 That is why I speak to them in Pbles; for they look without seeing, and listen without hearing or understanding. 13 14 [ Is.6.9-10, Ez.12.2. ] There is a prophecy of Isaiah which is being fulfilled for them:

"You will hear and hear, but never understand;
you will look and look, but never see.
13 15 For this people has grown gross at heart;
their ears are dull, and their eyes are closed.
Otherwise, their eyes might see,
their ears hear, and their heart understand,
and then they might turn again, and I would heal them."
13 16 'But happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear! 13 17 Many prophets and saints, I tell you, desired to see what you now see, yet never saw it; to hear what you hear, yet never heard it.