Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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Mark 7:18
"What, do even you understand so little?" exclaimed Jesus. "Do not you see that there is nothing external to a man, which by going into a man, can 'defile' him,
Mark 8:17
And, noticing this, Jesus said to them: "Why are you talking about your being short of bread? Do not you yet see or understand? Are your minds still so slow or comprehension?
Mark 16:14
Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.
John 4:27
At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'
John 16:19
Jesus saw that they were wanting to ask him a question, and said: "Are you trying to find out from one another what I meant by saying 'In a little while you will not see me; and then in a little while you will see me indeed'?

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Matthew 15:16
"What, do even you understand nothing yet?" Jesus exclaimed.
Luke 9:45
But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.
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.