John 8:43
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.”
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“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 8:43 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 6:10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
- Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
- Micah 4:12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
- John 5:43I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
- John 6:60On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- John 8:27They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
- John 12:39For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Romans 3:11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
- Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
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