John 8:27

New English Translation

(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

Cross References

Isaiah 59:10

We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

Isaiah 6:9

He said, “Go and tell these people: ‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

John 8:26

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

John 8:28

Then Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

John 8:43

Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

John 8:47

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”