See and Hear Truth

The disciples approached Jesus and said, "Why do speak to the crowd in parables?" He said to them in reply, "Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because they look and do not see and hear but do not listen or understand. Isaish'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 hearts and be converted and I heal them. "But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it." 

Consideration: Jesus clearly explains that many will see and hear things, but will not understand, because they lack the true faith. This continues to be true in the world today; people see but are blinded by their own passions and concerns; and hear but are deaf to the truth and pretend not to hear. But there are those who are blessed with the true faith, because they see and hear with their hearts that beat in rhythm with the Lord.