John 10:6

Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

Matthew 13:13-14

I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.

Matthew 13:51

"Have you understood all this?" He asked. "Yes," they said.

John 6:52

This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man," they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"

John 6:60

Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is hard to accept. Who can listen to such teaching?"

John 7:36

What do those words of his mean, 'You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

John 8:27

They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.

John 8:43

How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.

John 16:25

"All this I have spoken to you in veiled language. The time is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One--that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages.

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
This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man," they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"
John 7:36
What do those words of his mean, 'You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"
John 8:27
They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.
Matthew 13:13
I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One--that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages.

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Luke 18:34
Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.