Mark 7:17
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
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Mark 7:17
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
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Psalms 49:4
I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Hosea 6:3
And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
Matthew 13:12
Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
Matthew 13:14
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
Matthew 13:18
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
Luke 8:10
And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
John 15:15
No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
John 16:29
His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.
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Matthew 10:11
And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.
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Matthew 15:13
But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
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Matthew 15:14
Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
Matthew 27:44
And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
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Matthew 16:5
And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 16:7
And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.
Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
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Mark 1:36
And Simon and those who were with him came after him.
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Mark 1:44
See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.
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Matthew 13:51
Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
Matthew 15:17
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
Matthew 16:8
And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?
Matthew 16:9
Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
Mark 4:13
And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?
Luke 24:25
And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
Revelation 3:19
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
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Mark 7:1
And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
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Mark 7:6
And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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Mark 7:19
Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.
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Mark 7:20
And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.
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Luke 8:11
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 8:12
Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.
Luke 8:13
And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
Luke 8:14
And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.
Luke 8:15
And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
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John 4:31
While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.
John 4:32
But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.
John 4:33
So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?
John 4:34
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
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Mark 9:33
And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?
John 16:17
So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?
John 16:18
So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.
John 16:19
Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?
John 16:20
Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
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1 Corinthians 3:1
And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:2
I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
Hebrews 5:11
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
Hebrews 5:12
And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
Hebrews 5:13
For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
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