John 10:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them.

Cross References

Psalm 106:7

Our ancestors in Egypt did not attend to your wonders. They did not remember your manifold mercy; they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.

Psalm 82:5

The gods neither know nor understand, wandering about in darkness, and all the world’s foundations shake.

Proverbs 28:5

The evil understand nothing of justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

Isaiah 56:11

Yes, the dogs have a ravenous appetite; they never know satiety, Shepherds who have no understanding; all have turned their own way, each one covetous for gain:

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be refined, purified, and tested, but the wicked shall prove wicked; the wicked shall have no understanding, but those with insight shall.

Matthew 13:34

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables,

Matthew 13:51

“Do you understand all these things?” They answered, “Yes.”

Mark 4:34

Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private. The Calming of a Storm at Sea.

John 16:25

“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father.

John 16:29

His disciples said, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech.

John 6:52

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”

John 6:60

Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?”

John 7:36

What is the meaning of his saying, ‘You will look for me and not find [me], and where I am you cannot come’?” Rivers of Living Water.

John 8:27

They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to hear my word.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural person does not accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him it is foolishness, and he cannot understand it, because it is judged spiritually.

2 Peter 2:22

What is expressed in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A bathed sow returns to wallowing in the mire.”

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.