John 8:43 “Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unab…”

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“do”

John 5:43 John 7:17 Proverbs 28:5 John 8:27 Isaiah 44:18 Hosea 14:9

John 5:43 · BSB

I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 7:17 · BSB

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

Proverbs 28:5 · BSB

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.

John 8:27 · BSB

They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.

Isaiah 44:18 · BSB

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Hosea 14:9 · BSB

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

“ye cannot”

John 6:60 Jeremiah 6:10 Acts 7:51 Isaiah 6:9 Romans 8:7 Romans 8:8

John 6:60 · BSB

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

Jeremiah 6:10 · BSB

To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Isaiah 6:9 · BSB

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

Romans 8:7 · BSB

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Romans 8:8 · BSB

Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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