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12 so that:

‘They will look and look, but they will not ·learn [perceive].
    They will listen and listen, but they will not understand.
·If they did learn and understand [L Otherwise],
    they ·would [might] ·come back [return] to me and be forgiven [Is. 6:9–10; cf. Is. 43:8; Jer. 5:21; Ezek. 12:2].’”

Jesus Explains the Seed Story(A)

13 Then Jesus said to ·his followers [L them], “Don’t you understand this ·story [parable]? If you don’t, how will you understand any ·story [parable; see 3:23]? 14 ·The farmer plants God’s message in people [L The sower sows the word].

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