John 8:43

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“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.”

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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 8:43 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
  2. Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. John 6:60On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
  9. 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.
  10. John 8:27They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
  11. John 12:39For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
  12. Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  13. Romans 3:11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
  14. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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