Hebrews 5:11
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
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- 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.
- Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
- Mark 8:17-18 : 17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
- Mark 8:21 : 21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?
- Luke 24:25 : 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
- John 6:6 : 6 This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
- John 16:12 : 12 I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.
- Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
- Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
- 1 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.
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13 For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.
14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
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1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
2 Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;
3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
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15 As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.
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10 Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.
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30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
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6 So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,
7 After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,
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60 Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?
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25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
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2 He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;
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4 As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,
5 With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,
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26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
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9 But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;
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11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
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9 To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?
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11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.
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9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.
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12 I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.
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7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.
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11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
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15 He who has ears, let him give ear.
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14 Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.
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1 In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;
2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
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1 For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,
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20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
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18 You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,
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32 But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;
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15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,
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12 My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
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6 But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.
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20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
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7 Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.
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17 Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;
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15 And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,