Never Understanding

You will be ever hearing but never understanding;

You will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

For this people's heart has become calloused;

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. But blessed are your eyes

Because they see, and your ears because they hear. For I tell

You the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see

What you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but

Did not hear it