John 8:43

Catholic Public Domain Version

Why do you not recognize my speech? It is because you are not able to hear my word.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.

Isaiah 44:18

They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.

Isaiah 6:9

And he said: "Go forth! And you shall say to this people: 'When you listen, you will hear and not understand. And when you see a vision, you will not comprehend.'

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it.

Hosea 14:9

Ephraim will say, "What are idols to me any more?" I will listen to him, and I will set him straight like a healthy spruce tree. Your fruit has been found by me.

Micah 4:12

But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and they have not understood his counsel. For he has gathered them together like hay on a threshing floor.

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has grown fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.'

John 5:25

Amen, amen, I say to you, that the hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear it shall live.

John 5:43

I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not accept me. If another will arrive in his own name, him you will accept.

John 6:60

He said these things when he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.

John 7:17

If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.

John 8:27

And they did not realize that he was calling God his Father.

John 8:33

They answered him: "We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been a slave to anyone. How can you say, 'You shall be set free?' "

John 8:39

They responded and said to him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them: "If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham.

Acts 7:51

Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you ever resist the Holy Spirit. Just as your fathers did, so also do you do.

Romans 3:11

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