John 10:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ Jesus told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate his teaching] but they did not understand what it meant.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

Common English Bible

⁶ Those who heard Jesus use this analogy didn’t understand what he was saying.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.

John 10:6 Cross References

Matthew 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds with parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Matthew 13:51

“Have you understood all these things?” [Jesus asked]. “Yes,” they said to Him.

Mark 4:34

And He did not speak to them [i.e., concerning the kingdom] without using a parable, but He explained everything to His own disciples privately.

John 16:25

“I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. [However], the time will come when I will not speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:29

[Then] Jesus’ disciples said [to Him], “Look, you are speaking plainly now, and not in figurative language.

John 6:52

Then the Jews [who were assembled in the synagogue. See verse 59] began arguing bitterly with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his physical body to eat?”

John 6:60

So, when they heard [these things], many of Jesus’ disciples said, “This is difficult teaching. Who can listen to it [i.e., and accept it]?”

John 7:36

What did he mean by saying, ‘You people will be looking for me, but will not find me; and you will not be able to go where I will be?’”

John 8:27

The people [who heard this] did not understand that Jesus was speaking to them about the Father.

John 8:43

Why do you people not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot [bear to] listen to my message.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural person [Note: Since this person is contrasted with the spiritual person of verse 15, it is taken here to mean the person without the Holy Spirit] does not receive the things [i.e., truths] revealed by the Holy Spirit of God, because they are [considered] foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them because they must be discerned by using spiritual judgment [i.e., judgment aided by the Holy Spirit].

2 Peter 2:22

It has happened to them like the true proverb [Prov. 26:11 says], “The dog [throws up, and then] goes back and eats its own vomit,” and “The hog that was all cleaned up [goes back] to wallowing in the mud.”

1 John 5:20

And [in addition], we know that the Son of God has come [in a physical body, See 4:2] and has given us understanding, so that we can know the True One [i.e., God], and that we are in [fellowship with] the True One, even His Son Jesus Christ. This Son is the true God and eternal life.