# to them ... they All occurrences of "them" and "they" refer to the people in the crowd. # Though they are seeing, they do not see; and though they are hearing, they do not hear, or understand. Jesus teaches the disciples that the crowd refuses to understand God's truth. # Though they are seeing, they do not see Though they are able to see, they do not really see" # though they are hearing, they do not hear "Though they are able to hear, they do not listen well"