John 10:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They do not know, nor do they understand; they walk in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 Our ancestors did not understand your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of your mercies, but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Evil people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive. 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined; but the wicked shall act wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
  • Matt 13:13-14 : 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive.
  • Matt 13:51 : 51 Have you understood all these things? Jesus asked. Yes, they replied.
  • John 16:25 : 25 I have spoken these things to you in proverbs: but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but I will show you plainly about the Father.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • John 6:52 : 52 The Jews therefore argued among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
  • John 6:60 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can understand it?
  • John 7:36 : 36 What does he mean by saying, You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come?
  • John 8:27 : 27 They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

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  • John 8:27
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    27They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.

  • Luke 9:45
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    45But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Luke 2:50
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    50And they did not understand the statement which he spoke to them.

  • Mark 9:32
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    32But they did not understand this saying and were afraid to ask him.

  • John 10:4-5
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    4And when he has sent out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

    5But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive.

  • Mark 4:10-13
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    10And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parable.

    11And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

    13And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

  • Luke 18:34
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    34And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hidden from them, nor did they know the things which were spoken.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?

  • John 10:26-27
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    26But you do not believe because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you.

    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15Then Peter answered and said to him, Explain to us this parable.

    16And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding?

  • Matt 13:10-11
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    10And the disciples came to Him and asked, Why do You speak to them in parables?

    11He replied, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  • Matt 13:34
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    34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

  • Luke 8:9-10
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    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

    10And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

  • John 16:18
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    18They said therefore, 'What is this that he says, A little while? We do not understand what he is saying.'

  • Luke 15:3
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    3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

  • Luke 14:6
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    6And they could not answer him again to these things.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.

  • John 10:7-8
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    7Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

    8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

  • Luke 20:7
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    7And they answered that they could not tell where it was from.

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    43Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

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    1Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

    2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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    39And he spoke a parable to them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

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    10Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

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    45And when the chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

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    16These things his disciples did not understand at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

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    16But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know him.

  • Mark 9:6
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    6For he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid.

  • Matt 17:13
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    13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.

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    51Have you understood all these things? Jesus asked. Yes, they replied.

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    52For they did not understand the miracle of the loaves, because their heart was hardened.

  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

    34But without a parable he did not speak to them, and when they were alone, he explained all things to his disciples.

  • Ps 115:6
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    6They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell;

  • Mark 12:12
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    12They sought to arrest him, but feared the crowd, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

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    1And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,

  • John 13:28
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    28Now no one at the table knew for what reason he said this to him.

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    10And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand: