John 10:6

Plain English Version

The people listening to Jesus didn’t understand this story,

Cross References

Matthew 13:51

Then Jesus asked his followers, “Do you understand all these things?” They said, “Yes, we do.”

Mark 4:34

Whenever he talked to all the people, he used picture stories. But later, when Jesus was sitting down with only his followers, he told them what those stories really mean.

John 16:25

Then Jesus said, “I have been telling you stories that are pictures, to teach you things. But the time is coming when I will not use picture stories. I will tell you clearly about my father.

John 16:29

Jesus’s followers said to him, “Now you are telling us clearly. You are not telling us picture stories.

John 6:52

The Jewish leaders heard what he said, and they started to argue with each other about what Jesus meant. They said, “He reckons he will give people his body to eat. What does he mean? We can’t eat his body.”

John 6:60

Jesus’s followers heard him teaching those things and a lot of them said, “This message is too hard. We can’t believe it.”

John 7:36

Just now he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me.’ And he said, ‘You can’t come to the place that I am going to.’ What did he mean?”

John 8:27

The people listening to Jesus didn’t understand that he was talking about his father in heaven.

John 8:43

Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you don’t want to do what I say. That is the reason why you don’t listen to me.

1 Corinthians 2:14

You see, if God’s spirit is not living inside people, they can’t believe any message from God. They can’t understand what God wants to teach them. They think it is all stupid. You see, the Holy Spirit is the only one that can help people understand the things of God.

2 Peter 2:22

People sometimes say these true words, “A dog gets sick and vomits up its food, but then it comes back and eats that same food again.” And people also say, “You can wash the mud off a pig, but then it goes back and rolls on the muddy ground again.” Those words tell us about those lying teachers. Those teachers are just like that dog and that pig, they turned back to the bad things again.