John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
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do.

John 8:27
They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.

John 5:43
I have come in My Father's name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 7:17
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

John 12:39, 40
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: . . .

Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.

Isaiah 44:18
They cannot comprehend or understand, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see, and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Micah 4:12
But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan: that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Romans 3:11
There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

ye cannot.

John 6:60
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, "This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?"

Isaiah 6:9
And He replied, "Go and tell this people: 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'

Jeremiah 6:10
To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Romans 8:7, 8
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God's Law, nor can it do so. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.

King James Bible
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Why don't you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to My word.

International Standard Version
Why don't you understand what I've said? It's because you can't listen to my words.

NET Bible
Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And why do you not understand my word? It is because you cannot hear my word.”
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