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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.

In Context

42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

44You are of your father, the devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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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 →

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