Mk 4:12

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That seeing.

Rather, as [hina ] frequently denotes, "So that seeing they see, and do not perceive, and hearing they hear, and do not understand," etc.

The expression appears to be proverbial; and relates to those who might see what they now overlook through inattention and folly. See the parallel texts.

Deut 29:4; Isa 6:9; Isa 6:10; Isa 44:18; Jer 5:21; Matt 13:14; Matt 13:15; Luke 8:10

John 12:37-41; Acts 28:25-27; Rom 11:8-10

be converted.

Jer 31:18-20; Ezek 18:27-32; Acts 3:19; 2Tim 2:25; Heb 6:6