14. So they show that the things Isaiah said about them are true:‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand.You will look and look, but you will not learn.
15. For these people have become stubborn.They do not hear with their ears.And they have closed their eyes.Otherwise they might really understandwhat they see with their eyesand hear with their ears.They might really understand in their minds.If they did this, they would come back to me and be forgiven.’ Isaiah 6:9-10
16. But you are blessed. You understand the things you see with your eyes. And you understand the things you hear with your ears.
17. I tell you the truth. Many prophets and good people wanted to see the things that you now see. But they did not see them. And many prophets and good people wanted to hear the things that you now hear. But they did not hear them.
18. “So listen to the meaning of that story about the farmer.