John 10:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ יהושע  used this figure of speech, but they did not know what He had been saying to them.

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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.

John 10:6 Cross References

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers in Mitsrayim did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your many kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, the Sea of Reeds.

Psalm 82:5

They do not know, nor do they understand, They walk about in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand right-ruling, But those who seek יהוה  understand all.

Isaiah 56:11

And the dogs have a strong appetite, they never have enough. And they are shepherds! They have not known understanding. All of them look to their own way, every one for his own gain, from his own end, saying,

Daniel 12:10

“Many shall be cleansed and made white, and refined. But the wrong shall do wrong – and none of the wrong shall understand, but those who have insight shall understand.

Matthew 13:34

יהושע  said all this to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable,

Matthew 13:51

יהושע  said to them, “Have you understood all this?” They said to Him, “Yea, Master.”

Mark 4:34

and He was not speaking to them without parables. And when they were alone, He explained all to His taught ones.

John 16:25

“These words I have spoken to you in figures of speech, but an hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall declare the Father plainly to you.

John 16:29

His taught ones said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and not using figure of speech!

John 6:52

The Yehuḏ

John 6:60

Therefore many of His taught ones having heard, said, “This word is hard, who is able to hear it?”

John 7:36

“What is this word which He said, ‘You shall seek Me and you shall not find Me, and where I am you are unable to come’?”

John 8:27

They did not know that He spoke to them of the Father.

John 8:43

“Why do you not know what I say? Because you are unable to hear My Word.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the matters of the Spirit of Elohim, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

2 Peter 2:22

For them the proverb has proved true, “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A washed sow returns to her rolling in the mud.”

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of Elohim has come and has given us an understanding, so that we might know the true One. And we are in the true One, in His Son יהושע  Messiah. This is the true Elohim and everlasting life.