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Mark 4:12

so that,

‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,

and ever hearing but never understanding;

otherwise they might turn

and be forgiven.’

”

Mark 4:12 BSB
  1. a Isaiah 6:9–10 (see also LXX)

Mark 4:12 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 6:9–10 (43 votes) and Isaiah 44:18 (31 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Deuteronomy 29 to Hebrews 6.

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Which verses does Mark 4:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 6:9–1043 votes

    And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

  2. Isaiah 44:1831 votes

    They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

  3. Matthew 13:14–1525 votes

    In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

  4. Jeremiah 5:2123 votes

    “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  5. Deuteronomy 29:419 votes

    Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

  6. John 12:37–4115 votes

    Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” …

  7. Luke 8:1013 votes

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

  8. 2 Timothy 2:2511 votes

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

  9. Ezekiel 12:210 votes

    “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.

  10. Romans 11:8–1010 votes

    as 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.” And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. …

  11. Hebrews 6:610 votes
  12. Jeremiah 31:18–209 votes
  13. Acts 28:25–279 votes
  14. Ezekiel 18:27–326 votes
  15. Acts 3:194 votes

Which verses point to Mark 4:12?

The 10 strongest of 20.