Acts 28:26-27

New King James Version

²⁶saying,

^(A)‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
²⁷For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.” ’

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Acts 28:26-27

New International Version

²⁶“‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
²⁷For this people’s heart has become calloused;^(A)
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’^[a]^(B)

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Footnotes

Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

Acts 28:26-27

English Standard Version

²⁶^(A)“‘Go to this people, and say,
^(B)“You will indeed hear but never understand,
    and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
²⁷^(C)For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears they can barely hear,
    and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
    and ^(D)turn, and I would heal them.’