John 8:43

Modern English Version

Why do you not understand My speaking? Because you cannot bear to hear My word.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Isaiah 44:18

They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts so that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 6:9

He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and give warning that they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; they have no delight in it.

Hosea 14:9

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever prudent, let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the just will walk in them; but the transgressors stumble in them.

Micah 4:12

But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord, and they do not understand His plan, that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Matthew 13:15

for this people’s heart has grown dull. Their ears have become hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should heal them.’

John 5:25

Truly, truly I say to you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 5:43

I have come in My Father’s name, but you do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 6:60

When they heard this, many of His disciples said, “This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it?”

John 7:17

If any man desires to do His will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

John 8:27

They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

John 8:33

They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s seed and have never been in bondage to anyone. Why do You say, ‘You shall be set free’?”

John 8:39

They answered Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

Romans 3:11

there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks after God.