17 Bible Verses about Not Understanding Sayings

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Matthew 16:8-11

Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread? Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected? Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many large baskets you collected? read more.
Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.

Luke 9:45

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Luke 18:34

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

John 12:16

His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

John 20:9

For they still did not understand the Scripture that He must rise from the dead.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

2 Peter 3:16

He speaks about these things in all his letters in which there are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

Daniel 12:8

I heard but did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

Matthew 16:11

Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”

John 8:27

They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father.

John 11:13

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep.

Acts 22:9

Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, if you praise with the spirit, how will the uninformed person say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

John 10:6

Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

Luke 2:50

But they did not understand what He said to them.

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