In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 13, the disciples of Jesus ask him why he speaks to the crowds in parables. He replies, "This is why I speak to them in parables, because they look but do not see, and hear but do not listen or understand. Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You shall indeed hear but not understand, you shall indeed look but never see. Gross is the heart of this people, they will hardly hear with their ears, they have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them." This describes many people I see around me today. They are exposed to the good news, but their hearts remain unmoved.
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