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.
از این جهت با اینها به مَثَل‌ها سخن می‌گویم که نگران‌اند و نمی‌بینند و شنوا هستند و نمی‌شنوند و نمی‌فهمند .‏ و در حقّ ایشان نبوّت اِشَعْیا تمام می‌شود که می‌گوید :‏ ‹ به سمع خواهید شنید و نخواهید فهمید و نظر کرده ،‏ خواهید نگریست و نخواهید دید .‏