Mark 9:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

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  • Luke 2:50 : 50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
  • Luke 18:34 : 34 But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
  • Luke 9:45 : 45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.
  • John 12:16 : 16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
  • John 16:19 : 19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?
  • Mark 16:14 : 14 Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.
  • Mark 7:18 : 18 He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
  • Mark 8:17-18 : 17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened? 18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
  • Mark 8:33 : 33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said,“Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
  • John 4:27 : 27 The Disciples Return Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said,“What do you want?” or“Why are you speaking with her?”

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