Matt.11.25At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;
Matt.13.13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Matt.13.14Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “ ‘ You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Matt.13.15For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’
Matt.13.19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Matt.13.23As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Matt.13.51“Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.”
Matt.15.10And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand:
Matt.15.16And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
Matt.16.11How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matt.16.12Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matt.17.13Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
Matt.24.15“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Mark.4.12so that “ they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.”
Mark.4.13And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Mark.6.52for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
Mark.7.14And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:
Mark.7.18And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
Mark.8.17And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
Mark.8.21And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
Mark.9.32But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Mark.12.33And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark.13.14“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Mark.14.68But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed.
Luke.2.47And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Luke.2.50And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.
Luke.8.10he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Luke.9.45But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Luke.10.21In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
Luke.18.34But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
Luke.24.45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
John.3.10Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
John.8.27They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father.
John.8.43Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
John.10.6This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
John.10.38but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
John.11.50Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”
John.12.16His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
John.12.40“ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
John.13.7Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”
John.13.12When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you?
John.20.9for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Acts.7.25He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.
Acts.8.30So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Acts.10.34So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,
Acts.13.27For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
Acts.22.9Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
Acts.28.26“ ‘ Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Acts.28.27For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’
Rom.3.11no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Rom.7.15I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
Rom.10.19But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “ I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.”
Rom.11.25Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Rom.15.21but as it is written, “ Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.”
1Cor.2.8None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Cor.2.12Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
1Cor.2.14The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
1Cor.2.16“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
1Cor.11.3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
1Cor.12.3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
1Cor.13.2And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1Cor.14.2For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
2Cor.10.11Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.
2Cor.10.12Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
Eph.4.18They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
Eph.5.17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Phil.4.7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Col.1.6which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,
Col.1.9And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col.2.2that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ,
1Tim.1.7desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
1Tim.1.9understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
1Tim.6.4he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
2Tim.2.7Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
2Tim.3.1But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
Heb.11.3By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
Jas.3.13Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
1Pet.3.7Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
2Pet.3.16as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
1John.5.20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Jude.1.10But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
Rev.13.18This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
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