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25 They disagreed with one another as they were leaving, so Paul added this statement: “The Holy Spirit was so right when he spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah! 26 He said,

‘Go to this people and say,
    “You will listen and listen
        but never understand,
    and you will look and look
        but never see!
27 For this people’s minds[a] have become stupid,
    and their ears can barely hear,
and they have shut their eyes
    so that they may never see with their eyes,
and listen with their ears,
    and understand with their heart
and turn and let me heal them.”’[b]

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  1. Acts 28:27 Lit. heart
  2. Acts 28:27 Cf. Isa 6:9-10

25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said(A) through Isaiah the prophet:

26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(B)
    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](C)

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