John 10:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

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  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers vnderstoode not thy wonders in Egypt, neither remembred they the multitude of thy mercies, but rebelled at the Sea, euen at the red sea.
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue. 10 Make the heart of this people fatte, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their hearts, and conuert, and he heale them.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 And these griedy dogs can neuer haue ynough: and these shepheards cannot vnderstand: for they all looke to their owne way, euery one for his aduantage, and for his owne purpose.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shalbe purified, made white, & tried: but the wicked shall doe wickedly, and none of the wicked shall haue vnderstanding: but the wise shall vnderstand.
  • Matt 13:13-14 : 13 Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand. 14 So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.
  • Matt 13:51 : 51 Iesus saide vnto them, Vnderstand yee all these things? They saide vnto him, Yea, Lord.
  • John 16:25 : 25 These things haue I spoken vnto you in parables: but the time will come, when I shall no more speake to you in parables: but I shall shew you plainely of the Father.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 But we know that that Sone of God is come, & hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: & we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.
  • John 6:52 : 52 Then the Iewes stroue among themselues, saying, Howe can this man giue vs his flesh to eate?
  • John 6:60 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples (when they heard this) sayde, This is an hard saying: who can heare it?
  • John 7:36 : 36 What saying is this that hee saide, Ye shall seeke mee, and shall not finde mee? and where I am, cannot ye come?
  • John 8:27 : 27 They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

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  • John 8:27
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    27They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.

  • Luke 9:45
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    45But they vnderstood not that word: for it was hid from them, so that they could not perceiue it: and they feared to aske him of that worde.

  • Luke 2:50
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    50But they vnderstoode not the word that he spake to them.

  • Mark 9:32
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    32But they vnderstoode not that saying, and were afraide to aske him.

  • John 10:4-5
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    4And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce.

    5And they will not follow a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand.

    14So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.

  • Mark 4:10-13
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    10And whe he was alone, they that were about him with the twelue, asked him of ye parable.

    11And he saide vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all thinges bee done in parables,

    12That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

    13Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

  • Luke 18:34
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    34But they vnderstood none of these things, and this saying was hidde from them, neither perceiued they the things, which were spoken.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?

  • John 10:26-27
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    26But ye beleeue not: for ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayd vnto you.

    27My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me,

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare vnto vs this parable.

    16Then said Iesus, Are ye yet without vnderstanding?

  • Matt 13:10-11
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    10Then the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

    11And he answered, & said vnto them, Because it is giuen vnto you, to know the secretes of the kingdome of heauen, but to the it is not giue.

  • Matt 13:34
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    34All these thinges spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not to them,

  • Luke 8:9-10
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    9Then his disciples asked him, demaunding what parable that was.

    10And he sayd, Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of ye kingdome of God, but to other in parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they should not vnderstand.

  • John 16:18
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    18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A litle while? we know not what he sayeth.

  • Luke 15:3
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    3Then spake hee this parable to them, saying,

  • Luke 14:6
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    6And they could not answere him againe to those things.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue.

  • John 10:7-8
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    7Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.

    8All, that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.

  • Luke 20:7
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    7Therefore they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

  • John 8:43
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    43Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

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    1Verely, verely I say vnto you, Hee that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefolde, but climeth vp another way, he is a theefe and a robber.

    2But he that goeth in by the doore, is the shepheard of the sheepe.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

  • John 3:10
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    10Iesus answered, & saide vnto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?

  • Matt 21:45
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    45And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them.

  • John 12:16
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    16But his disciples vnderstoode not these thinges at the first: but when Iesus was glorified, then remembred they, that these thinges were written of him, and that they had done these things vnto him.

  • Luke 24:16
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    16But their eyes were holden, that they could not know him.

  • Mark 9:6
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    6Yet hee knewe not what he saide: for they were afraide.

  • Matt 17:13
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    13Then the disciples perceiued that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.

  • Matt 13:51
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    51Iesus saide vnto them, Vnderstand yee all these things? They saide vnto him, Yea, Lord.

  • Mark 6:52
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    52For they had not considered the matter of the loaues, because their hearts were hardened.

  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33And with many such parables he preached the word vnto them, as they were able to heare it.

    34And without parables spake hee nothing vnto them: but he expounded all thinges to his disciples apart.

  • Ps 115:6
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    6They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smell not.

  • Mark 12:12
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    12Then they went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them: therefore they left him, and went their way.

  • Matt 22:1
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    1Then Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe in parables, saying,

  • John 13:28
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    28But none of them that were at table, knew, for what cause he spake it vnto him.

  • Matt 15:10
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    10Then hee called the multitude vnto him, and said to them, Heare and vnderstand.