Luke 24:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish men! How slow your minds are to believe everything the prophets have spoken [in their writings]!

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ And [Jesus] said to them, O foolish ones [sluggish in mind, dull of perception] and slow of heart to believe (adhere to and trust in and rely on) everything that the prophets have spoken!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

Common English Bible

²⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! Your dull minds keep you from believing all that the prophets talked about.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And he said to them: "How foolish and reluctant in heart you are, to believe everything that has been spoken by the Prophets!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken.

Luke 24:25 Cross References

Matthew 26:24

The Son of man is going [to die], but it is too bad for that person through whom the Son of man is turned over [to the Jewish leaders]! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

Mark 16:14

Later on Jesus showed Himself to the eleven apostles as they sat [i.e., reclined. See Matt. 23:6], eating a meal. He scolded them for their lack of faith and stubbornness because they refused to believe those who had seen Him [alive] after His resurrection.

Mark 7:18

He said to them, ‘Are you also as lacking in understanding [as the others]? Do you not understand that whatever enters a person’s body from the outside cannot [spiritually] corrupt him?

Mark 9:19

Jesus said to them, “You generation of faithless people! How long must I be with you [i.e., before you understand]? How long do I have to be patient with you? Bring the sick boy to me.”

Luke 24:24

Then some of our companions [i.e., Peter and John. See John 20:2-9] went to the grave site and found things just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus [either].’

John 5:39

You search through the Scriptures [i.e., the Old Testament], because you think that you will [learn how to] have never ending life by [reading] them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I passed on to you the [following] main principles that I received [i.e., by revelation]: Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures;