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Mark 8:18

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Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
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  1. Acts 28:26–27Rank 1 from verse 18
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    26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

    27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  2. Matthew 13:14–15Rank 2 from verse 18
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    14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

    15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  3. Jeremiah 5:21Rank 3 from verse 18
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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  4. Mark 4:12Rank 4 from verse 18
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    12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

  5. Ezekiel 12:2Rank 5 from verse 18
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    2Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

  6. John 12:40Rank 6 from verse 18
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    40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

  7. Isaiah 6:9–10Rank 7 from verse 18
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    9¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

    10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  8. Isaiah 42:18–20Rank 8 from verse 18
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    18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

    19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?

    20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

  9. Romans 11:8Rank 9 from verse 18
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    8(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

  10. Psalms 115:5–8Rank 10 from verse 18
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    5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

    6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

    7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

    8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

  11. Isaiah 44:18Rank 11 from verse 18
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    18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  12. Deuteronomy 29:4Rank 12 from verse 18
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    4Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

  13. Psalms 69:23Rank 13 from verse 18
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    23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

  14. 2 Peter 1:12Rank 14 from verse 18
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    12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

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Mark 8:18

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

remember

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1. To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. 2. To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. 3. To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8:14¶ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

8:15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

8:16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

8:18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

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8:19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

8:20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

8:21And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

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