1. Matthew 13:15 - For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are _______ 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.   Hint First letter clue   2. Matthew 13:21 - Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when _______ or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.   First letter clue   3. Matthew 13:18 - Hear ye therefore the parable of the _______.   First letter clue   4. Matthew 13:16 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.   First letter clue   5. Matthew 13:13 - Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they _______.   First letter clue   6. Matthew 13:22 - He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this _______, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.   First letter clue   7. Matthew 13:14 - And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of _______, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:   First letter clue