John 10:6

God's Word

Jesus used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn’t understand what he meant.

Cross References

Psalm 106:7

When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles. They did not remember your numerous acts of mercy, so they rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.

Psalm 82:5

Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

Isaiah 56:11

These dogs have huge appetites. They are never full. They are the shepherds, but they don’t understand. All of them have turned to go their own ways. Each one seeks his own gain.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, made white, and refined. But wicked people will do wicked things, and none of them will understand. Only wise people will understand.

Matthew 13:34

Jesus used illustrations to tell the crowds all these things. He did not tell them anything without illustrating it with a story.

Matthew 13:51

“Have you understood all of this?” “Yes,” they answered.

Mark 4:34

He did not speak to them without using an illustration. But when he was alone with his disciples, he explained everything to them.

John 16:25

“I have used examples to illustrate these things. The time is coming when I won’t use examples to speak to you. Rather, I will speak to you about the Father in plain words.

John 16:29

His disciples said, “Now you’re talking in plain words and not using examples.

John 6:52

The Jews began to quarrel with each other. They said, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

John 6:60

When many of Jesus’ disciples heard him, they said, “What he says is hard to accept. Who wants to listen to him anymore?”

John 7:36

What does he mean when he says, ‘You will look for me, but you won’t find me,’ and ‘You can’t go where I’m going’?”

John 8:27

(The Jews didn’t know that he was talking to them about the Father.)

John 8:43

Why don’t you understand the language I use? Is it because you can’t understand the words I use?

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person who isn’t spiritual doesn’t accept the teachings of God’s Spirit. He thinks they’re nonsense. He can’t understand them because a person must be spiritual to evaluate them.

2 Peter 2:22

These proverbs have come true for them: “A dog goes back to its vomit,” and “A sow that has been washed goes back to roll around in the mud.”

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we know the real God. We are in the one who is real, his Son Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is the real God and eternal life.