And The Rest Were Blinded.....
Matt 13:10>And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why Speakest thou unto Them(the multitude) in PARABLES? :13>He answered and said unto them(the disciples), Because IT IS GIVEN unto YOU(12) TO KNOW the Mysteries of The Kingdom of Heaven, BUT to THEM(the multitude/Israel/the rest) IT IS NOT GIVEN.
Romans 11:8>(According as it is written, God hath given Them(the rest of Israel, see v5, 7000, v6) the spirit of slumber, Eyes that they SHOULD NOT SEE, and Ears that They SHOULD NOT HEAR:) unto THIS DAY.
Deut 29:2>And Moses Called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have Seen all that the Lord did before Your Eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all the land; :3 The great Temptations(=trials) which Thine Eyes have Seen, The Signs, and those great Miracles: *****:4 YET the Lord HATH NOT GIVEN YOU an Heart TO PERCEIVE, and EYES TO SEE, and EARS TO HEAR, unto THIS DAY.
Note: Deut chapter 29 is followed by chapter 30, which is qouted, in part, in Romans chapter 10, which comes before chapter 11. These connections are a MUST SEE for the Believer TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRUTH......
Extra: Deut 8:1>All the commandments which I command thee THIS DAY shall ye observe TO DO, that YE MAY LIVE, and Multiply, and GO IN and Possess The Land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. :2 And thou shalt Remember ALL THE WAY which the Lord thy God LED thee These Forty Years in the Wilderness, TO HUMBLE THEE, and TO PROVE THEE, TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN THINE HEART, whether Thou Wouldest Keep his commandments, OR NO. :3 And he Humbled Thee; and Suffered THEE TO HUNGER, and fed thee WITH MANNA, which thou Knewest Not, neither did thy fathers Know; THAT he might make thee KNOW that MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY BREAD ONLY, but BY EVERY WORD that proceedeth OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LORD doth Man Live. :5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God Chasteneth Thee. :6 Therefore thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, To Walk in His Ways, and to FEAR HIM.
Extra, Extra: The Fear of The Lord........Gen 3:7, in part, And the Eyes of them both were Opened, and they knew that they were naked......Gen 3:10, in part, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was AFRAID because I WAS NAKED.../////The first Adam feared God....The Last Adam, Jesus, Feared God.....Heb 5:5>So, also Christ glorified not himself TO BE MADE an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art My Son, to-day HAVE I BEGOTTEN THEE. :6 As he saith also, in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after The Order of Melchisedec. :7 Who in the days of his flesh(Jesus), when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong Crying and Tears unto him that WAS ABLE TO SAVE HIM fro death, and was heard in that HE FEARED; :8 Though he were a Son, Yet LEARNED HE OBEDIENCE by the things which he suffered; :9 And being made Perfect, he Became the author of eternal Salvation unto all them that obey him: :10 Called of God, an high priest After the Order of Melchisedec.
>>>>Returning>>>Deut 8:5>in part, to way in his ways, and TO FEAR HIM. :7 For the Lord thy God Bringeth Thee into A Good Land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills. :9 A Land wherein Thou shalt Eat BREAD without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a Land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass..
>>>>Returning>>>Deut 29:4, Yet the Lord HATH NOT GIVEN you an Heart to Perceive, and Eyes to See, and Ears to Hear, UNTO THIS DAY. :5>And I(Moses) have led you Forty Years in The Wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. :6 YE HAVE NOT EATEN BREAD, Neither HAVE YE DRUNK WINE or STRONG DRINK: That YE MIGHT KNOW that I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD.
>>>>Returning>>>Matt 13:11>He answered and said unto them, Because IT is GIVEN UNTO YOU To KNOW The Mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, BUT TO THEM IT IS NOT GIVEN. :12 FOR whosoever hath, to him shall be GIVEN, and he shall have More Abundance: BUT Whosoever HATH NOT, from him shall be taken away even THAT HE HATH. :13 Therefore SPEAK I TO THEM IN PARABLES, because They Seeing SEE NOT; and Hearing they HEAR NOT, neither do they Understand. :14 And in Them is Fulled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not Perceive: :15 For THIS PEOPLE'S HEART is waxen gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes They have closed; lest at any time they should See with their Eyes, and Hear with their Ears, and should understand with their heart, and Should BE CONVERTED, and I SHOULD HEAL Them. :16 BUT Blessed are YOUR EYES, for They SEE: and Your EARS, for They HEAR.....
Acts 28:16>And when we came to ROME, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. :17 And it came to pass, that after Three Days Paul Called the chief of The Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, thoug I have committed nothing against The People, or Customs of our fathers, Yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem(=city of Peace) into the hands of The Romans. :18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. :19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was contrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught to accuse my nation of. :20 For This Cause therefore have I Called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the Hope of Israel I AM BOUND with This Chain. :21 and they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. :22 But we desire TO HEAR of thee what thou Thinkest: For as Concerning THIS SECT: we know that every where IT is spoken Against. :23 and when they had appointed him a day, thery came many to him into his lodging; to whom he Expounded and Testified The Kingdom of God, Persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the Law of Moses, and out of the Prophets, from morning till evening. :24 And SOME BELIEVED the things which were spoken, and SOME BELIEVED NOT. :25 And when they AGREED NOT among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken One Word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, :26 Saying, Go unto THIS PEOPLE, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and Seeing ye shall see, and Not Perceive: :27 For the heart of THIS PEOPLE is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and SHOULD BE CONVERTED, and I SHOULD HEAL THEM. :28 Be it know there unto you, that The Salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that THEY WILL HEAR IT.
>>>>Returning>>>Rom 11:11>I say then, Have they stumbled that they should FALL? God forbid, but Rather through Their FALL Salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for TO PROVOKE THEM to Jealousy, see Deut 32, the Song of Moses, Jeshurun/Israel). :14 If by any means I may PROVOKE TO EMULATION Them Which ARE MY FLESH, and Might SAVE SOME OF THEM.