Quotes about Understanding
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
— Matthew 11:25
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
— Matthew 12:3
If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
— Matthew 12:7
He who has ears, let him hear.”
— Matthew 13:9
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
— Matthew 13:10
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
— Matthew 13:11
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
— Matthew 13:13
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
— Matthew 13:14
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
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
— Matthew 13:16
For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
— Matthew 13:17
Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
— Matthew 13:18