John 8:43
Why can't you understand what I'm saying? It's because you refuse to hear my message!
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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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Proverbs 28:5Evil people understand nothing about justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.
Isaiah 44:18How ignorant they are, how dumb! Their eyes have been plastered over so they can't see, their minds closed so they don't have insight.
Hosea 14:9Who is wise to understand these things? Who has discernment in understanding them? The Lord's paths are right—the good follow them, but rebels trip and fall along the way.
John 5:43For I've come to represent my Father, and you won't accept me; but if someone comes representing themselves, then you accept them!
John 7:17Anyone who chooses to follow what God wants will know if my teaching comes from God or if I'm only speaking for myself.
John 12:39They were not able to trust him, and as a result they fulfilled what Isaiah also said:
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 →