John 12:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:”
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“For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 12:39 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
- John 5:44How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- John 6:44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 10:38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
- 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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