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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They understood not

John 6:52
Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
John 7:36
"What does he mean saying, 'You shall seek me and you shall not find me,' and 'Where I am you cannot come'?"
John 8:27
They did not understand that he meant the Father,
Matthew 13:13
"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The unspiritual man rejects the teachings of God's Spirit; for him it is folly. He cannot understand it, for it is spiritually discerned,
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and has granted us and understanding, so that we may come to know him who is true. And we are in him who is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and life eternal.

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Luke 18:34
But they understood none of these sayings. His words were a mystery to them, and they did not know what he meant.