John 12:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

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  • John 5:44 : 44 How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
  • John 6:44 : 44 No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
  • John 10:38 : 38 But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;
  • 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 44:18-20 : 18 They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention. 19 And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood? 20 As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

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  • John 12:37-38
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    37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

    38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

  • John 12:40-42
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    40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

    41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

    42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

  • Matt 13:13-16
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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:

    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.

    16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • Mark 4:12
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    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.

  • Acts 28:25-27
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    25 And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

    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:

    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.

  • Matt 12:17
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    17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Rom 10:16
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    16 But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

  • Matt 13:58
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    58 And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

  • Heb 3:19
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    19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

  • Isa 6:9-10
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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.

    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.

  • John 9:39
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    39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

  • John 10:39
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    39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18 They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.

  • John 9:18
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    18 Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

  • John 16:9
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    9 Of sin, because they have not faith in me;

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

  • Mark 16:13
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    13 And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

  • John 11:37
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    37 But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

  • John 5:38
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    38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

  • John 6:36
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    36 But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

    33 As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

  • Ps 78:32
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    32 For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders.

  • John 10:25-26
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    25 Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

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

  • Mark 11:31
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    31 And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

  • 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.

  • Mark 8:17
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    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?

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

  • Ps 78:22
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    22 Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation.

  • Isa 42:18
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    18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

  • Matt 4:14
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    14 So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

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    11 For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

  • Luke 20:5
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    5 And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

  • John 12:44
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    44 Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.

  • Acts 13:41
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    41 See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

  • Isa 53:1
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    1 Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?

  • Mark 12:11
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    11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

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    29 Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!