John 8:43

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying?

Cross References

Proverbs 28:5

Criminals don't know what justice means, but all who respect the LORD understand it completely.

Isaiah 44:18

Those who worship idols are stupid and blind!

Isaiah 6:9

Then the LORD told me to go and speak this message to the people: “You will listen and listen, but never understand. You will look and look, but never see.” The LORD also said,

Jeremiah 6:10

I have told the people that you, LORD, will punish them, but they just laugh and refuse to listen.

Hosea 14:9

If you are wise, you will know and understand what I mean. I am the LORD, and I lead you along the right path. If you obey me, we will walk together, but if you are wicked, you will stumble.

Micah 4:12

But they don't know that I, the LORD, have gathered them here to grind them like grain.

Matthew 13:15

All of them have stubborn minds! Their ears are stopped up, and their eyes are covered. They cannot see or hear or understand. If they could, they would turn to me, and I would heal them.”

John 5:25

I tell you for certain that the time will come, and it is already here, when all the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen to it will live!

John 5:43

I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own.

John 6:60

Many of Jesus' disciples heard him and said, “This is too hard for anyone to understand.”

John 7:17

If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me.

John 8:27

No one understood that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.

John 8:33

They answered, “We are Abraham's children! We have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say we will be set free?”

John 8:39

The people said to Jesus, “Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did.

Acts 7:51

You stubborn and hard-headed people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

Romans 3:11

Not one of them understands or even searches for God.