Verse Comparison: Mark 4:12
American Standard Version
that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
Amplified® Bible
In order that they may [indeed] look {and} look but not see {and} perceive, and may hear {and} hear but not grasp {and} comprehend, lest haply they should turn again, and it [their willful rejection of the truth] should be forgiven them.
Darby English Version
that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.
International Standard Version
so that 'they may see clearly but not perceive, and they may hear clearly but not understand, otherwise they might turn around and be forgiven.'"
King James Version
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Young's Literal Translation
that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'