John 10:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

Cross References

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Psalm 82:5

They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

Isaiah 56:11

Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.

Daniel 12:10

Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.

Matthew 13:34

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

Matthew 13:51

Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

Mark 4:34

And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

John 16:25

All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

John 16:29

His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.

John 6:52

Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

John 6:60

Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

John 7:36

What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

John 8:27

They did not see that his words were about the Father.

John 8:43

Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

1 Corinthians 2:14

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

2 Peter 2:22

They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

1 John 5:20

And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.