John 10:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

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  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser. 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.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.
  • Matt 13:13-14 : 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them. 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
  • Matt 13:51 : 51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
  • John 16:25 : 25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • John 6:52 : 52 Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?
  • John 6:60 : 60 Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?
  • John 7:36 : 36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?
  • John 8:27 : 27 They did not see that his words were about the Father.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

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  • John 8:27
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    27 They did not see that his words were about the Father.

  • Luke 9:45
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    45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

  • Luke 2:50
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    50 And his words seemed strange to them.

  • Mark 9:32
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    32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

  • John 10:4-5
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    4 When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

    5 They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Mark 4:10-13
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    10 And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

    11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

    13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

  • Luke 18:34
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    34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

  • John 10:26-27
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    75%

    26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

    27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

    16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

  • Matt 13:10-11
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    10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

    11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  • Matt 13:34
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    34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

  • Luke 8:9-10
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    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

    10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

  • John 16:18
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    18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

  • Luke 15:3
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    3 And he made a story for them, saying,

  • Luke 14:6
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    6 And they had no answer to that question.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

  • John 10:7-8
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    7 So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

    8 All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.

  • Acts 28:26
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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:

  • Luke 20:7
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    7 And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

  • John 8:43
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    43 Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

  • John 10:1-2
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    1 Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

    2 He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

  • John 3:10
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    10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

  • Matt 21:45
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    45 And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

  • John 12:16
    71%

    16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

  • Luke 24:16
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    16 But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

  • Mark 9:6
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    6 Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

  • Matt 17:13
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    13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • Matt 13:51
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    51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

  • Mark 6:52
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    52 For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33 And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

    34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

  • Ps 115:6
    70%

    6 They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

  • Mark 12:12
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    12 And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

  • Matt 22:1
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    1 And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

  • John 13:28
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    28 Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.

  • Matt 15:10
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    10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you: