Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;