John 10:6

Weymouth NT

Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

Cross References

Matthew 13:34

All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,

Matthew 13:51

»Have you understood all this?« He asked. »Yes,« they said.

Mark 4:34

But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.

John 16:25

»All this I have spoken to you in veiled language. The time is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.«

John 16:29

»Ah, now you are using plain language,« said His disciples, »and are uttering no figure of speech!

John 6:52

This led to an angry debate among the Jews. »How can this man,« they argued, »give us his flesh to eat?«

John 6:60

Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard it, said, »This is hard to accept. Who can listen to such teaching?«

John 7:36

What do those words of his mean, `You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?«

John 8:27

They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.

John 8:43

How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.

2 Peter 2:22

Their case is that described in the true proverb, »A dog returns to what he has vomited,« and also in the other proverb, »The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll in its filth.«

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One–that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages.