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Matthew 13:15

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.’

Matthew 13:15 BSB
  1. a Isaiah 6:9–10 (see also LXX)

Matthew 13:15 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 6:10 (33 votes) and Zechariah 7:11 (15 votes). 57 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Leviticus 13 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Matthew 13:15 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 6:1033 votes

    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. Zechariah 7:1115 votes

    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

  3. Mark 4:1215 votes

    so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

  4. John 8:43–4412 votes

    Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

  5. 2 Timothy 2:25–2610 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. Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

  6. Isaiah 29:10–128 votes

    For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” …

  7. Malachi 4:28 votes

    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

  8. Jeremiah 17:147 votes

    Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.

  9. Psalm 119:706 votes

    Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

  10. Hebrews 5:116 votes

    We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

  11. Acts 7:575 votes
  12. 2 Timothy 4:45 votes

    So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

  13. Hebrews 6:4–64 votes
  14. Revelation 22:24 votes
  15. Acts 3:193 votes
  16. Isaiah 44:202 votes
  17. Isaiah 57:182 votes
  18. Jeremiah 33:62 votes
  19. Hosea 14:42 votes
  20. 2 Thessalonians 2:10–112 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 13:15?

The 10 strongest of 57.