Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.

But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear [them] now.

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable [people] twist to their own destruction, as [they do] also the rest of the Scriptures.

"Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed."

For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears, Lest they should understand with [their] hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.'

But Jesus, being aware of [it,] said to them, "Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened?

"Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

So He said to them, "How [is it] you do not understand?"

Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears, Lest they should understand with [their] hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." '