Luke 9:45

World English Bible (2000)

But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

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  • Luke 18:34 : 34 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.
  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
  • Luke 2:50 : 50 They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.
  • John 16:17-18 : 17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'" 18 They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
  • John 12:16 : 16 His disciples didn't understand these things 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.
  • John 12:34 : 34 The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"
  • John 14:5 : 5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"
  • Matt 16:22 : 22 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
  • Mark 8:16-18 : 16 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread." 17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened? 18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?
  • Mark 8:32-33 : 32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
  • 2 Cor 3:14-16 : 14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
  • Luke 9:46 : 46 There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

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  • Mark 9:32-34
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    32 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

    33 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?"

    34 But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.

  • Luke 18:34
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    34 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

  • Luke 2:50
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    50 They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

  • John 10:6
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    6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

  • John 8:27
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    27 They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

  • Luke 9:46
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    46 There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

  • Luke 9:44
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    44 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

  • Mark 9:6
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    6 For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.

  • Mark 4:11-13
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    11 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

    12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

    13 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

  • Mark 9:9-10
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    9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

    10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.

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

    10 He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

  • Luke 24:16
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    16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

  • John 16:18-19
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    18 They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."

    19 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, "Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?'

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

    14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15 Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."

    16 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

  • Mark 9:30
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    30 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know it.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

    18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?

  • Mark 12:12
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    12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

  • Mark 8:30
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    30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.

  • Mark 10:32
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    32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.

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    26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

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    51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

  • John 12:16
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    16 His disciples didn't understand these things 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.

  • John 20:9
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    9 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  • Matt 16:11-12
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    11 How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

    12 Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Luke 9:36
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    36 When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

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    13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

  • Matt 21:45-46
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    45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

    46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

  • Matt 9:30
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    30 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."

  • John 13:28
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    28 Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him.

  • Luke 20:26
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    26 They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

  • Luke 9:21
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    21 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,

  • Matt 12:16
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    16 and commanded them that they should not make him known:

  • Isa 6:9
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    9 He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

  • Luke 9:34
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    34 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

  • Mark 3:12
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    12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.

  • Matt 13:10
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    10 The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"