John 10:6

Jesus used this illustration with them, but they didn't understand what he was saying to them.

Psalm 82:5

They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Psalm 106:7

In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men don't understand justice, but whoever seeks the LORD understands it all.

Isaiah 6:9-10

"Go!" he responded. "Tell this people: ""Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'

Isaiah 56:11

Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, though the wicked will continue to act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand. Nevertheless, the insightful will understand.

Matthew 13:13-14

That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'

Matthew 13:51

"Do you understand all these things?" They told him, "Yes."

John 6:52

Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

John 6:60

When many of his disciples heard this, they said, "This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?"

John 7:36

What does this statement mean that he said, "You'll look for me but won't find me,' and, "Where I am, you cannot come'?"

John 8:27

They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.

John 8:43

Why don't you understand what I've said? It's because you can't listen to my words.

John 16:25

"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

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Bible References

They understood not

John 6:52
Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
John 7:36
What does this statement mean that he said, "You'll look for me but won't find me,' and, "Where I am, you cannot come'?"
John 8:27
They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.
Psalm 82:5
They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psalm 106:7
In Egypt, our ancestors neither comprehended your awesome deeds nor remembered your abundant gracious love. Instead, they rebelled beside the sea, the Reed Sea.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men don't understand justice, but whoever seeks the LORD understands it all.
Isaiah 6:9
"Go!" he responded. "Tell this people: ""Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isaiah 56:11
Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.
Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, though the wicked will continue to act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand. Nevertheless, the insightful will understand.
Matthew 13:13
That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
1 Corinthians 2:14
A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.
1 John 5:20
We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.

General references

Luke 18:34
But they didn't understand any of this. What he said was hidden from them, and they didn't know what he meant.

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