Lexicon :: Strong's G4920 - syniēmi

“That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

“When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

“But the one sown on the good ground ​— ​this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”

“Have you understood all these things? ”[fn]

They answered him, “Yes.”

Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand:

Then they understood that he had not told them to beware of the leaven in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

“so that

they may indeed look,

and yet not perceive;

they may indeed listen,

and yet not understand;

otherwise, they might turn back

and be forgiven.”[fn]

because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.

Summoning the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:

Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?

And he said to them, “Don’t you understand yet? ”

But they did not understand what he said to them.

So he said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,

and hearing they may not understand.

They understood none of these things. The meaning of the saying[fn] was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

“He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

“when he said,

Go to these people and say:

You will always be listening,

but never understanding;

and you will always be looking,

but never perceiving.

There is no one who understands;

there is no one who seeks God.

but, as it is written,

Those who were not told about him will see,

and those who have not heard will understand.

For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.