When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near.

Jesus said,] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

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.

He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

when he said, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.