They disagreed among themselves and began to leave, and Paul added one last word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:
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23They fixed a day with him and came in even larger numbers to where he was staying. From morning until evening he laid it out for them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from the law of Moses and from the prophets. 24Some were persuaded by what he said; others would not believe. 25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave, and Paul added one last word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah: 26‘Go to this people and say: You will hear and hear, and never understand; you will look and look, and never see. 27For this people’s heart has grown dull; they hear with heavy ears and they have shut their eyes — otherwise they would see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart and turn back, and I would heal them.’
