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.
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