"THEY HEAR, BUT NEVER UNDERSTAND; THEY LOOK, BUT NEVER SEE. FOR THE HEARTS OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HARDENED: THEIR EARS HAVE BECOME DEAF, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES. OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS. THEN THEY WOULD TURN TO ME IN REPENTANCE, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM." MATT 13:14-15