John 8:43

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John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

Do

Ye cannot

Romans 8:7

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Do

They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

Evil men do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord

understand all things.

They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;

Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.

“But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;

Ye cannot

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

To whom shall I speak and give warning
That they may hear?
Behold, their ears are closed
And they cannot listen.
Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

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Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;