15. For the minds of these people have become stubborn.They do not hear with their ears,and they have closed their eyes.Otherwise they might really understandwhat they see with their eyesand hear with their ears.They might really understand in their mindsand come back to me and be healed.’
16. But you are blessed, because you see with your eyes and hear with your ears.
17. I tell you the truth, many prophets and good people wanted to see the things that you now see, but they did not see them. And they wanted to hear the things that you now hear, but they did not hear them.
18. “So listen to the meaning of that story about the farmer.