John 8:43
Why do you not recognize my speech? It is because you are not able to hear my word.
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In The King James Version
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
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Cross References
Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.
Isaiah 44:18They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.
Hosea 14:9Ephraim will say, “What are idols to me anymore?” I will listen to him, and I will set him straight like a healthy spruce tree. Your fruit has been found by me.
John 5:43I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not accept me. If another will arrive in his own name, him you will accept.
John 7:17If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.
John 12:39Because of this, they were not able to believe, for Isaiah said again:
Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →