Mark 8:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • Mark 6:52 : 52 For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.
  • 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.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all. 25 He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
  • John 16:30 : 30 Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.
  • John 21:17 : 17 He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
  • Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart. 13 And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • 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.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
  • Matt 15:17 : 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
  • Matt 16:8-9 : 8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread? 9 Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
  • Mark 2:8 : 8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.

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  • Mark 8:16
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    16 And they said to one another, We have no bread.

  • Mark 8:18
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    18 Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

  • Matt 16:7-12
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    7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

    8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

    9 Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

    10 Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

    11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

    12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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

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

  • Matt 15:16-17
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    16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

    17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

  • Mark 2:8
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    8 And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

  • Luke 5:22
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    22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

  • Mark 4:12-13
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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.

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

  • Matt 13:13-15
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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.

  • Matt 15:33
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    33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

  • John 12:40
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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.

  • Matt 9:4
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    4 And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mark 8:4
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    4 And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

  • 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 21:5
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    5 So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

  • John 6:26
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    26 Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.

  • Deut 29:4
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    4 But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

  • 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.

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    61 When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?

  • Matt 16:5
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    5 And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.

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

  • Acts 28:26-27
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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:

    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.

  • John 4:33
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    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • Mark 8:14
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    14 And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.

  • Luke 24:38
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    38 And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt?

  • 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.

  • Mark 12:24
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    24 Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

  • Mark 6:36-38
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    36 Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

    37 But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

    38 And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

  • Matt 13:10
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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?

  • Mark 8:2
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    2 I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

  • Mark 4:40
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    40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

  • John 6:5
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    5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • Luke 6:3
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    3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

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