²⁶ saying, ‘Go to this people and say: In hearing, you will hear and by no means understand. And while seeing, you will see and by no means perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people became dull^[a], and they hardly^[b] heard with their ears, and they closed their eyes, that they might not ever see^[c] with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand in their heart, and turn-back, and I shall heal^[d] them’. ²⁸ Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God was sent-forth to the Gentiles. They^[e] also will hear it”.