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# General Information:
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In verse 14, Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah to show that the people's failure to understand Jesus' teaching is a fulfillment of prophecy.
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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus continues to explain to his disciples why he teaches in parables.
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# to them ... they
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All occurrences of "them" and "they" refer to the people in the crowd.
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# Though they are seeing, they do not see; and though they are hearing, they do not hear, or understand.
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Jesus uses this parallelism to tell and emphasize to the disciples that the crowd refuses to understand God's truth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Though they are seeing
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Possible meanings are 1) this refers to them seeing what Jesus does. Alternate translation: "Though they see what I do" or 2) this refers to their ability to see. Alternate translation: "Though they are able to see"
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# they do not see
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Here "see" represents understanding. Alternate translation: "they do not understand" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# though they are hearing
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Possible meanings are 1) this refers to them hearing what Jesus teaches. Alternate translation: "Though they hear what I say" or 2) this refers to their ability to hear. Alternate translation: "Though they are able to hear"
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# they do not hear
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Here "hear" represents listening well. Alternate translation: "they do not listen well" or "they do not pay attention" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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