John 8:43

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Why do ye not understand my speech?› [even] ‹because ye cannot hear my word.›

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  • Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
  • John 7:17 : 17 ‹If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or› [whether] ‹I speak of myself.›
  • John 8:27 : 27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
  • Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Mic 4:12 : 12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
  • John 5:43 : 43 ‹I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.›
  • John 6:60 : 60 ¶ Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 ¶ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things].
  • Isa 6:9 : 9 ¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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    44‹Ye are of› [your] ‹father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.›

    45‹And because I tell› [you] ‹the truth, ye believe me not.›

    46¶ ‹Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?›

    47‹He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear› [them] ‹not, because ye are not of God.›

    48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

    49Jesus answered, ‹I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.›

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    37‹I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.›

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    40‹But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.›

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    42Jesus said unto them, ‹If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.›

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