Matthew 15:16
Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
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- Matt 16:9 : 9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
- Mark 9:32 : 32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
- 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?
- Matt 15:10 : 10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
- Heb 5:12 : 12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.
- Matt 16:11 : 11 How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
- Mark 6:52 : 52 because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast! 10 Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.
- Matt 13:51 : 51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied,“Yes.”
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