John 10:6

New King James Version

Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

Cross References

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

Psalm 82:5

They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are unstable.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand all.

Isaiah 56:11

Yes, they are greedy dogs Which never have enough. And they are shepherds Who cannot understand; They all look to their own way, Every one for his own gain, From his own territory.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

Matthew 13:34

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,

Matthew 13:51

Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

Mark 4:34

But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.

John 16:25

“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:29

His disciples said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!

John 6:52

The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

John 6:60

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

John 7:36

What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

John 8:27

They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.