Search: 50 results

Exact Match

And he said to them, What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not grasp it, and lift it out?

Verse ConceptsPitsAnimals FallingOne Material ThingThe Sabbath And ChristHoles In The GroundJesus Healing On Sabbathhelping

This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversDullnessNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingJesus Using ParablesWhy God Did ThingsListening To God

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

You will hear and keep on hearing, but never understand;
And you will look and keep on looking, but never comprehend;

Verse ConceptsReprobatesBeing Without UnderstandingScriptures FulfilledThe Faculty Of SightNamed Prophets Of The Lordfulfillment


For this nation’s heart has grown hard,
And with their ears they hardly hear,
And they have [tightly] closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart, and turn [to Me]
And I would heal them [spiritually].’

Verse ConceptsDeafnessConversion, examples ofHardened HeartsEyes, Figurative UseEarsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceWilful IgnoranceInsensibilityDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNature Of The HeartTurning To GodRefusing To HearEvil EyesNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod HealsUnhearing

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom [regarding salvation] and does not understand and grasp it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Titles ForSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfNames And Titles For SatanSatan, Work OfSowing In VainUsing RoadsNot Understanding SayingsOther References To The HeartParables Of The KingdomTaking God's ThingsSeeds

And when the grass sprouted up and made fruit, then appeared the tares also.

Verse ConceptsPlants Growing UpBearing FruitThings Manifest

He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass;

Verse ConceptsDrawing Near To ChristCarrying Other Loads

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said, “Listen and understand this:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceChrist Summoning

"Listen to this, and grasp it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that pollutes him; it is what comes out of his mouth that pollutes a man."

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfCursingEntering The MouthComing Out Of PeopleFood PermittedOther References To MouthsDefilementMarijuana

They said, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass.

Verse ConceptsReclining To Eat

but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is never forgiven. Nay, he is in the grasp of an eternal sin."

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceAntichristReprobatesThe Unpardonable SinResisting Holy SpiritEternal EvilBlasphemyGod Not Forgiving

so that they will continually look but not see, and they will continually hear but not understand, otherwise they might turn [from their rejection of the truth] and be forgiven.”

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfTurning To GodNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingGod Not Forgiving

By itself the soil produces a crop: first the grass, then the head of grain, then the full grain in the head.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyBeing FirstFoliageBearing FruitMaturity

For there were about five thousand men [there]. So, He said to His disciples, "Have these people recline [on the grass. See Matt. 14:19] in groups of about fifty each."

Verse ConceptsFiftiesFive ThousandReclining To EatNumbers Of Malesgroups

So, the disciples did this, and had all the people recline [on the grass in groups].

Verse ConceptsReclining To Eat

But they remained ignorant of what this meant; indeed, it had been hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

Verse ConceptsDullnessNot Asking OthersFear Of ChristNot Understanding SayingsGod's Things Concealed

But they did not understand about these things, and this statement was an insoluble riddle to them; they did not even begin to grasp what He meant.

Verse ConceptsDullnessNot Understanding SayingsGod's Things Concealed

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

Verse ConceptsSafetySelf KnowledgeAngels Doing God's WorkChrist Sendingexpectations

Because of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, tried to grasp and kill me.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDisciples In The Temple

But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesJewelleryconstruction

Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own.

Verse ConceptsGrowthRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanSpiritual VitalityPerfectionHuman ImperfectionPursuing GoodPeople Made PerfectTaking PossessionRacestrivingprocess

in this way amassing for themselves the riches that forever endure in the life to come, so that at last they may grasp the life that is life indeed.

Verse ConceptsAge To ComeSpiritual InvestmentRich, TheRiches, SpiritualThriftSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual TreasuresSeeking LifeStoring Other Things

Think over the things I am saying [grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you insight and understanding in everything.

Verse ConceptsInsightMeditationThinking ArightGod Giving UnderstandingDiscernmentoverthinkingeverything

[Now] we have many things to say about Melchizedek, but because of your slowness to grasp things, they are hard to explain.

Verse ConceptsScripture, UnderstandingDullnessRefusing To HearBeing Without UnderstandingHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyconnectedness

that by means of two immutable things??is promise and his oath??n which it is impossible for God to break faith, we refugees may have strong encouragement to grasp the hope set before us.

Verse ConceptsCertaintyGod Is TruthfulAfflictions, Consolation DuringTypes Of ChristImpossible For GodHow God Can't LieTwo Intangible ThingsGod EncouragingOthers Who FledThe Hope Of The GospelimpossibleFinding Comfort In God

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand -- the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

Verse ConceptsChurchLettersRight Hand Of GodChrist's HandsSeven LightsWriting Letters