For this reason, they could not believe. As Isaiah says in another place,

他们所以不能信，因为以赛亚又说：

他们所以不能信，因为以赛亚又说：

他们所以不能信，因为以赛亚又说：

接着，以赛亚又说出他们不能信的缘故：

他们不能相信，因为以赛亚又说：

他们之所以不能相信，是因为以赛亚又说过：

他們所以不能信，因為以賽亞又說：

他們所以不能信，因為以賽亞又說：

他們所以不能信，因為以賽亞又說：

接著，以賽亞又說出他們不能信的緣故：

他們不能相信，因為以賽亞又說：

人們之所以不能信的、是因為以賽亞又說：

他們之所以不能相信，是因為以賽亞又說過：

眾之所以不能信者、蓋以賽亞又云、

眾不之信、

彼眾不能信、因以賽亞復云、

眾人之不信、意灑雅亦已言之矣：

For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

But the people couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah also said,

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again,

You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

People like that don’t even know what they are doing. Their eyes are shut so that they can’t see the truth. Their minds are closed so that they can’t understand it.No one even stops to think about this. No one has any sense or understanding. If anyone did, they would say,“ I used half of the wood for fuel. I even baked bread over the fire. I cooked meat. Then I ate it. Should I now make a statue of a god out of the wood that’s left over? Should I bow down to a block of wood? The Lord would hate that.”That’s as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him astray. He can’t save himself. He can’t bring himself to say,“ This thing I’m holding in my right hand isn’t really a god at all.”

But what if I do them? Even if you don’t believe me, believe these works. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

“ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me brings them. Then I will raise them up on the last day.

So he said,“ Go and speak to these people. Tell them,“‘ You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.’Make the hearts of these people stubborn. Plug up their ears. Close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. And they might turn to me and be healed.”

They stare at women who are not their wives. They want to sleep with them. They never stop sinning. They trap those who are not firm in their faith. They have mastered the art of getting what they want. God has placed them under his judgment.