John 8:43

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

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

I have come in my Fathers name, and ye receive me not; if another come in his own name, him ye will receive.

If any one is desirous to do his will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

For this cause they could not believe, because Isaiah said again,

there is none that hath understanding, there is none that diligently seeketh God;

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This teaching is hard; who can listen to it?

Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it doth not submit itself to the Law of God, neither indeed can it.

How is it that ye do not understand, that I spoke not to you of loaves? But [I said] Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

If any one is desirous to do his will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

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

Of sin, because they believe not in me;