Luke 24:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.

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  • 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 9:19 : 19 And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
  • Heb 5:11-12 : 11 Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing. 12 And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
  • Mark 7:18 : 18 And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

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  • 79%

    26Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

    27And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

    28And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

    29But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

  • Luke 24:11-24
    14 verses
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    11But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

    12But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

    13And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

    14And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.

    15And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.

    16But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

    17And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go?

    18Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

    19And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

    20And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

    21But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

    22And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

    23And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

    24And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.

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    44And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

    45Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

    46And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

  • Luke 24:31-41
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    31And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.

    32And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

    33And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

    34And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.

    35And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

    36And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

    37But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

    38And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?

    39See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.

    40And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet.

    41And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?

  • Luke 24:4-9
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    4And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them:

    5And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

    6He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,

    7The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

    8And his words came back into their minds,

    9And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.

  • Matt 25:2-3
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    2And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

    3For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

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    25See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

    26If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

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

  • 8And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

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

    14And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

  • 9For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

  • 23Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

  • 24And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.

  • 40And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?