John 10:6

English Standard Version 2016

This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:11

The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Psalm 82:5

They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

John 16:25

“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:51

“Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.”

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know 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.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 8:27

They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father.

John 7:36

What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

John 6:60

When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”

John 6:52

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Matthew 13:34

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

Mark 4:34

He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

John 16:29

His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!

2 Peter 2:22

What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”