John 8:43

New Century Version

You don’t understand what I say, because you cannot accept my teaching.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.

Isaiah 44:18

Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is as if their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their minds don’t understand.

Isaiah 6:9

Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn.’

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom can I speak? Whom can I warn? Who will listen to me? The people of Israel have closed ears, so they cannot hear my warnings. They don’t like the word of the Lord; they don’t want to listen to it!

Hosea 14:9

A wise person will know these things, and an understanding person will take them to heart. The Lord’s ways are right. Good people live by following them, but those who turn against God die because of them.

Micah 4:12

But they don’t know what the Lord is thinking; they don’t understand his plan. He has gathered them like bundles of grain to the threshing floor.

Matthew 13:15

For the minds of these people have become stubborn. They do not hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might really understand what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears. They might really understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.’

John 5:25

I tell you the truth, the time is coming and is already here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will have life.

John 5:43

I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don’t accept me. But when another person comes, speaking only for himself, you will accept him.

John 6:60

When the followers of Jesus heard this, many of them said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?”

John 7:17

If people choose to do what God wants, they will know that my teaching comes from God and not from me.

John 8:27

The people did not understand that he was talking to them about the Father.

John 8:33

They answered, “We are Abraham’s children, and we have never been anyone’s slaves. So why do you say we will be free?”

John 8:39

They answered, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would do the things Abraham did.

Acts 7:51

Stephen continued speaking: “You stubborn people! You have not given your hearts to God, nor will you listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit is trying to tell you, just as your ancestors were.

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands. There is no one who looks to God for help.