⁶ Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

²⁵ I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

⁵¹ Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

¹⁴ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, And will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, And will in no way perceive:

¹⁰ Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.

¹¹ Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

⁹ He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, But don't understand; And you see indeed, But don't perceive.'

¹⁰ Make the heart of this people fat; Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn again, and be healed."

⁵ Evil men don't understand justice; But those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

⁷ Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

⁵ They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

¹⁴ Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

⁴³ Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.

²⁷ They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

³⁶ What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'"

⁶⁰ Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"

⁵² The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"