Isaiah 6:10
6:10 Make the hearts of these people calloused;
make their ears deaf and their eyes blind!
Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
Isaiah 44:18
44:18 They do not comprehend or understand,
for their eyes are blind and cannot see;
their minds do not discern.
Matthew 13:14-15
13:14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand,
you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
13:15 For the heart of this people has become dull;
they are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they would not see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’
John 12:40
12:40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
so that they would not see with their eyes
and understand with their heart,
and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
John 12:2
12:2 So they prepared a dinner for Jesus
there. Martha
was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table
with him.
Colossians 3:14
3:14 And to all these
virtues
add
love, which is the perfect bond.
Colossians 4:4
4:4 Pray that I may make it known as I should.
Colossians 4:2
Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission
4:2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:10-12
2:10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
2:11 In him you also were circumcised – not, however,
with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal
of the fleshly body,
that is,
through the circumcision done by Christ.
2:12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your
faith in the power
of God who raised him from the dead.