John 8:43

A Conservative Version

Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.

Cross References

John 5:43

I have come in my Father's name, and ye do not accept me. If another man should come in his own name, ye will accept that man.

John 7:17

If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself.

Acts 7:51

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also.

John 6:60

Therefore many of his disciples having heard, said, This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it?

John 8:27

They did not understand that he spoke the Father to them.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken. Behold, the word of LORD has become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek LORD understand all things.

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know, nor do they consider. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive.

Micah 4:12

But they know not the thoughts of LORD, nor do they understand his counsel, for he has gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.

Romans 3:11

There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God.

Matthew 13:15

For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.

John 5:25

Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 8:33

They answered to him, We are Abraham's seed, and have been in bondage to no man, ever. How can thou say, Ye will become free?

John 8:39

They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.