John 8:43
Why do you not understand my words? It is because you cannot hear my words.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 understand justice, 1 but those who seek Yahweh understand everything. 1
Isaiah 44:18They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive. 1
Hosea 14:9Who is wise that he may understand these things? 1 Who understands these things so that he may know them? 1 For the ways of Yahweh are right, 1 and the righteous will walk in them, 1 but the rebellious will stumble in them.
John 5:43I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another should come in his own name, you would receive him.
John 7:17If anyone wishes to do his will, he will know about this teaching, whether it comes from God, or whether I speak from myself.
John 12:39For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah had also said, 1
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 →