are done in parables: 12 For whosoever hath, to him 12 That seeing they may see, shall be given, and he shall and not perceive; and hearing have more abundance: but they may hear, and not whosoever hath not, from him understand; lest at any time shall be taken away even that they should be converted, and he hath. _their_ sins should be forgiven them. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing, see not; and hearing, they hear not; neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,(160) which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and _their_ ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should _see_ with _their_ eyes, and hear with _their_ ears, and should understand with _their_ heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But _blessed are_ your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17 For, verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous _men_ have desired to see _those things_ which ye see, and have not seen _them_; and to hear _those things_ which ye hear, and have not heard _them_. 18 Hear ye therefore the 13 And he said unto them, Know parable of the sower. ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? 19 When any one heareth the 14 The sower soweth the word. word of the kingdom, and understandeth _it_ not, then cometh the wicked _one_, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way-side. 15 And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 20 But he that received the 16 And these are they likewise seed into stony places, the which are sown on stony same is he that heareth the ground; who, when they have word, and anon with joy heard the word, immediately receiveth it; receive it with gladness; 21 Yet hath he not root in 17 And have no root in himself, but dureth for a themselves, and so endure but while: for when tribulation or for a time: afterward, when persecution ariseth because of affliction or persecution the word, by and by he is ariseth for the word’s sake, offended. immediately they are offended. 22 He also that received seed 18 and these are they which