Mark 6:52 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵² but they did not understand [the miracle] of the loaves because their minds were insensitive [i.e., to the nature and power of Jesus].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵² For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵² For they failed to consider or understand [the teaching and meaning of the miracle of] the loaves; [in fact] their hearts had grown callous [had become dull and had lost the power of understanding].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵² for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

Common English Bible

⁵² That’s because they hadn’t understood about the loaves. Their minds had been closed so that they resisted God’s ways.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵² For they did not understand about the bread. For their heart had been blinded.

Mark 6:52 Cross References

Luke 24:25

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

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.

Romans 11:7

What then? [Just this]: The very thing that the Israelites are looking for [i.e., a right relationship with God], they have not found. But God’s selected ones obtained [this right relationship with Him] and the rest [of the Israelites] were made insensitive to God’s call,

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 3:5

And when He had looked around at them with righteous indignation, being grieved over their stubbornness, He said to the man, “Reach out your hand.” And when he reached it out, his hand was restored [to normal use].

John 12:40

“God has blinded their eyes [of understanding] and closed their minds. If He had not done so, they would [be able to] see with their eyes and understand with their minds and turn [to God] so He could heal them [spiritually].”