This is why I speak to them by the use of illustrations, because, looking, they look in vain, and hearing, they hear in vain, neither do they get the sense of it; and toward them the prophecy of Isaiah is having fulfillment, which says, ‘ By hearing, you will hear but by no means get the sense of it; and, looking, you will look but by no means see.
لهذا اكلِّمهم بأمثال ،‏ لأنهم وهم ناظرون ،‏ ينظرون عبثا ،‏ وهم سامعون ،‏ يسمعون عبثا ،‏ ولا يفهمون ؛‏ ففيهم تتم نبوة اشعيا ،‏ التي تقول :‏ ‹ سمعا تسمعون ولا تفهمون ؛‏ ونظرا تنظرون ولا تبصرون .‏