John 10:6

New International Version

Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:11

They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain.

Proverbs 28:5

Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Psalm 82:5

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

John 16:25

“Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

Matthew 13:51

“Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

Psalm 106:7

When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.

1 John 5:20

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

John 8:43

Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

John 8:27

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

John 7:36

What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

John 6:60

On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

John 6:52

Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Matthew 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Mark 4:34

He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

John 16:29

Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.

2 Peter 2:22

Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”