John 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
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Proverbs 28:5Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.
Isaiah 44:18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Hosea 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
John 5:43I am come in my Father`s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
John 7:17If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
John 12:39For this cause they could not believe, for that 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 →