¹⁴ For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:

¹¹ Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:

⁵ Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

¹⁹ And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

²⁵ And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.

¹⁷ And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

¹⁸ Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

⁹ And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

²⁹ For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

²⁴ Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

¹⁰ And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

¹⁴ And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

²⁹ Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,