8 Bible Verses about People's Inability To Understand

Daniel answered before the king and said, The secret which the king has demanded cannot be shown to the king by the wise men, the conjurers, the horoscopists, or the fortune-tellers.

Then all the king's wise men came in. But they could not read the writing, nor make the meaning known to the king.

I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen this dream. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its meaning, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make the meaning known to me. But you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

Then when they had heard, many of His disciples said, This is a hard saying, who can hear it?

the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see Him nor know Him. But you know Him, for He dwells with you and shall be in you.

I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Why do you not know My speech? Because you cannot hear My Word.

I have fed you with milk and not with solid food, for you were not yet able to bear it; nor are you able even now.