John 8:27

They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

Isaiah 6:9

He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

Isaiah 42:18-20

"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

Isaiah 59:10

We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men.

John 8:43

Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.

John 8:47

He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."

Romans 11:7-10

What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

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They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

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John 8:43
Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
Isaiah 6:9
He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'
Isaiah 42:18
"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men.
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
2 Corinthians 4:3
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;