Mark 4:40

4:40 And he said to them, “Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?”

Mark 8:21

8:21 Then ¹  he said to them, “Do you still not understand?” ² 

Luke 12:56

12:56 You hypocrites! ³  You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how ⁴  to interpret the present time?

John 8:43

8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ⁵  my teaching. ⁶ 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to indicate the implied sequence in the narrative.

² sn Do you still not understand? The disciples in Mark’s Gospel often misunderstood the miracles of Jesus as well as his teaching. Between Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Mark paints the most revealing portrait of the shortcomings of the Twelve (cf. 6:51-52; 7:17-19; 8:1-10, 14-21, 27-30, 33; 9:5, 10, 33; 10:28, 35-45; 14:19, 29-31, 32-37, 50, 66-72).

³ sn In Luke, the term hypocrites occurs here, in 6:42, and in 13:15.

⁴ tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁵ A W Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat) have a syntax here that reflects a slightly different rhetorical question: “but how do you not interpret the present time?” The reading behind the translation, however, has overall superior support: Ì⁷⁵ א B L Θ 33 892 1241 pc.

⁵ tn Grk “you cannot hear,” but this is not a reference to deafness, but rather hearing in the sense of listening to something and responding to it.

⁶ tn Grk “my word.”