John 8:43

Geneva Bible (1560)

Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

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  • Jer 6:10 : 10 Vnto whome shall I speake, and admonish that they may heare? beholde, their eares are vncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: beholde, the worde of the Lord is vnto them as a reproche: they haue no delite in it.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If any man will doe his will, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
  • John 8:27 : 27 They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you.
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh God.
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because the wisedome of the flesh is enimitie against God: for it is not subiect to the Lawe of God, neither in deede can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh, can not please God.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 (14:10) Who is wise, and he shall vnderstande these things? and prudent, and he shall knowe them? for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, and the iust shall walke in them: but the wicked shal fall therein.
  • Mic 4:12 : 12 But they knowe not the thoughtes of the Lord: they vnderstand not his counsell, for he shall gather them as the sheaues in the barne.
  • John 5:43 : 43 I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne name, him will ye receiue.
  • John 6:60 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples (when they heard this) sayde, This is an hard saying: who can heare it?
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.
  • Isa 6:9 : 9 And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue.
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They haue not knowen, nor vnderstand: for God hath shut their eyes that they cannot see, and their heartes, that they cannot vnderstand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:44-49
    6 verses
    83%

    44Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

    45And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not.

    46Which of you can rebuke me of sinne? and if I say the trueth, why do ye not beleeue me?

    47He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.

    48Then answered the Iewes, and said vnto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast a deuil?

    49Iesus answered, I haue not a deuil, but I honour my Father, and ye haue dishonoured me.

  • John 8:37-42
    6 verses
    78%

    37I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but yee seeke to kill mee, because my worde hath no place in you.

    38I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

    39They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham.

    40But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.

    41Ye do the workes of your father. Then said they to him, We are not borne of fornication: we haue one Father, which is God.

    42Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

  • 38And his worde haue you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeued not.

  • John 8:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26I haue many things to say, & to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, & the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.

    27They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.

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    13Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand.

    14So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.

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    25Iesus answered them, I tolde you, and ye beleeue not: the workes that I doe in my Fathers Name, they beare witnes of me.

    26But ye beleeue not: for ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayd vnto you.

  • John 8:19-24
    6 verses
    74%

    19Then saide they vnto him, Where is that Father of thine? Iesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor that Father of mine. If ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen that Father of mine also.

    20These wordes spake Iesus in the treasurie, as hee taught in the Temple, and no man layde handes on him: for his houre was not yet come.

    21Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shal seeke me, and shal die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.

    22Then said the Iewes, Will he kill himselfe, because he saith, Whither I goe, can ye not come?

    23And hee saide vnto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from aboue: ye are of this world, I am not of this worlde.

    24I said therefore vnto you, That ye shall die in your sinnes: for except ye beleeue, that I am he, ye shall die in your sinnes.

  • 21Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?

  • Mark 8:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17And when Iesus knew it, he said vnto them, Why reason you thus, because ye haue no bread? perceiue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? haue ye your hearts yet hardened?

    18Haue yee eyes, and see not? and haue yee eares, and heare not? and doe ye not remember?

  • 6This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

  • 40But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.

  • 16Then said Iesus, Are ye yet without vnderstanding?

  • 5They are of this worlde, therefore speake they of this world, and this world heareth them.

  • 24He that loueth me not, keepeth not my wordes, & the worde which ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.

  • 36What saying is this that hee saide, Ye shall seeke mee, and shall not finde mee? and where I am, cannot ye come?

  • 3And these things will they doe vnto you, because they haue not knowen ye Father, nor me.

  • 26Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.

  • 65And hee saide, Therefore saide I vnto you, that no man can come vnto mee, except it be giuen vnto him of my Father.

  • 52Then said the Iewes to him, Now know we that thou hast a deuill. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keepe my worde, he shall neuer taste of death.

  • 11Verely, verely I say vnto thee, wee speake that we know, and testifie that we haue seene: but yee receiue not our witnesse.

  • 7The world can not hate you: but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euill.

  • 34Ye shall seeke me, and shall not finde me, and where I am, can ye not come.

  • 10Then the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

  • 46But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?

  • 42But I know you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.

  • Mark 4:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

    13Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

  • 14Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.

  • 18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A litle while? we know not what he sayeth.

  • 9And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue.

  • 55Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and keepe his worde.