Mark 8:18

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“‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?”

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“‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?”

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“Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?”

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“Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?”

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“Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 8:18 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 29:4Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
  2. Psalms 69:23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
  3. Psalms 115:5They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
  4. Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
  5. Isaiah 42:18Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
  6. Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
  7. Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
  8. Ezekiel 12:2“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 hear, for they are a rebellious house.
  9. Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
  10. Mark 4:12so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
  11. John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
  12. Acts 28:26‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
  13. Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
  14. 2 Thessalonians 2:5Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?
  15. 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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