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For this People's Heart is waxed gross, and their Ears are dull 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.    - Mat 13:15
God cannot help someone who does not want to be helped.     The dull ears and eyes are metaphors for Hearts that are not interested in God .     When a person draws near to God, He draws near to them.   

And said, Truly I Say unto you, Except you be Converted, and become as little Children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven .    - Mat 18:3
Simple Faith and Trust are the hallmarks of Children .     It is simple Faith and Trust that enables us to enter the Kingdom Of Heaven .   

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.    - Mar 4:12
If God is not desired, God does not Give .      Ask and Receive .      Seek and Find.      Knock and it shall be opened.     Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness .      Jam 4:8 Pro 8:17

But I have prayed for you, that your Faith Fail not: and when you are Converted, strengthen your brothers.    - Luk 22:32
Peter was not yet Converted and the same was true of all the Disciples .     They were in a state of partial Belief and partial Unbelief .   

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their Heart; that they should not See with their eyes, nor Understand with their Heart, and be Converted, and I should Heal them.    - Joh 12:40
The result of rejecting Jesus Christ was that a blindness settled over the eyes of the people as they hardened their hearts against the Truth .     

It appeared that God did this to Israel, but they did it to themselves.     

Otherwise, Jesus would not have wasted His time preaching and teaching them.     

See notes from Exo 4:21

Repent you therefore, and be Converted, that your Sins may be blotted out, when the Times of refreshing shall come from the Presence of the Lord; - Act 3:19
When a person Hears the Truth and Believes the Truth, they are to Receive the Truth .      Receiving the Truth requires Repentance .     When a person Repents they will be refreshed by being Sanctified and Filled with the Holy Spirit who is the Presence of the Lord .   

For the Heart of this People is waxed gross, and their Ears are dull of Hearing, and their Eyes have they closed; lest they should See with their eyes, and Hear with their ears, and Understand with their Heart, and should be Converted, and I should Heal them.    - Act 28:27