Matthew 15:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 16:9 : 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 9:32 : 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.
  • 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,
  • Matt 15:10 : 10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
  • 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?
  • Luke 9:45 : 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 18:34 : 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.
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.
  • Heb 5:12 : 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.
  • Matt 16:11 : 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?
  • Mark 6:52 : 52 For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.
  • Isa 28:9-9 : 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? 10 For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
  • Matt 13:51 : 51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

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

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

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

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    7And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

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    9Do 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?

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

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    45But 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.

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

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