17 Bible Verses about Not Understanding Sayings

And having known it, Jesus said to them, O ye of little faith, why do ye deliberate among yourselves because ye brought no loaves? Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up, nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many hampers ye took up?read more.
How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to question him.

But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.

Now his disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these were things written because of him, and they did these things to him.

For they had not yet known the scripture that he must rise from the dead.

Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

as also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?

How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

They did not understand that he spoke the Father to them.

But Jesus had spoken about his death, but those men thought that he was speaking about the restfulness of sleep.

And those who were with me indeed saw the light and became afraid, but they heard not the voice of him who spoke to me.

Otherwise if thou would bless with the spirit, how will the man who fills the place of the unlearned, say the Truly at thy thanksgiving, since he knows not what thou say?

Jesus spoke this allegory to them, but those men did not understand what it was that he spoke to them.

And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.

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