Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
They understood not
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Bible References
They understood not
John 6:52
Upon this the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John 7:36
what does he mean by saying, "ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I go, thither ye cannot come?"
John 8:27
but they did not perceive that he meant the father.
Matthew 13:13
therefore speak I to them in parables: because they over-look what they see: and are inattentive to what they hear, neither will they comprehend.
1 Corinthians 2:14
but the animal man does not receive the effusions of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; neither can he understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 John 5:20
We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding to know him that is true: and we are with him that is true, by his son Jesus Christ. "he is the true God, who is the author of eternal life."
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Luke 18:34
but they comprehended nothing of all this: his discourse was a riddle to them, and they could not find out the meaning.