<p>13:13&nbsp;<em>Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they see not, and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand-</em>&nbsp;See on 13:12&nbsp;<em>even what he has</em>. It was their initial seeing and hearing of John the Baptist which became the basis of their subsequent total blindness and deafness to Jesus. If the word sown isn't responded to further, or only partially so, then there remains only a hardening. We must respond, and immediately- and be led wherever the word leads us. &nbsp;</p>