John 8:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.”
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BSBPD
“They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 8:27 — 7 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 42:18Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
- Isaiah 59:10Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
- John 8:43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
- John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- 2 Corinthians 4:3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
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