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 began disputing with one another: "How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?"
John 7:36
What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be'?"
John 8:27
They did not understand that he meant the Father.
Matthew 13:13
That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
1 John 5:20
We realize, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the True God; and we are in union with the True God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the True God and he is Immortal Life.
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Luke 18:34
The Apostles did not comprehend any of this; his meaning was unintelligible to them, and they did not understand what he was saying.