John 8:27

New International Reader's Version

They did not understand that Jesus was telling them about his Father.

Cross References

Isaiah 59:10

Like blind people we feel our way along the wall. We are like those who can’t see. At noon we trip and fall as if the sun had already set. Compared to those who are healthy, we are like dead people.

Isaiah 6:9

So he said, “Go and speak to these people. Tell them, “ ‘You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.’

John 8:26

“I have a lot to say that will judge you. But the one who sent me can be trusted. And I tell the world what I have heard from him.”

John 8:28

So Jesus said, “You will lift up the Son of Man. Then you will know that I am he. You will also know that I do nothing on my own. I speak just what the Father has taught me.

John 8:43

Why aren’t my words clear to you? Because you can’t really hear what I say.

John 8:47

Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you don’t hear is that you don’t belong to God.”