Matthew 13:15 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

For 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.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

These people have let their hearts get thick and stubborn, they've made their ears dull to what matters, and they've shut their eyes tight, because they're actually scared that if they really saw, really heard, and really understood deep down, they might have to change, and then I'd have to heal them.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes we avoid the truth not because we can't see it, but because we're afraid of what happens when we do.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The Gospel of Matthew was likely written by a Jewish Christian, traditionally Matthew, for a community of Jewish believers, possibly in Syria, around 70-9

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