8 Bible Verses about People's Inability To Understand

Then Daniel said in answer to the king, No wise men, or users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or readers of signs, are able to make clear to the king the secret he is searching for;

Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw; and do you, O Belteshazzar, make clear the sense of it, for all the wise men of my kingdom are unable to make the sense of it clear to me; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;