Matthew 13:11
13:11 He replied,
“You have been given
the opportunity to know
the secrets
of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
Matthew 13:19
13:19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one
comes and snatches what was sown in his heart;
this is the seed sown along the path.
Matthew 15:17
15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?
Matthew 16:11
16:11 How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
Matthew 24:15
The Abomination of Desolation
24:15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Mark 4:34
4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.
Mark 7:18
7:18 He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
Mark 8:17-18
8:17 When he learned of this,
Jesus said to them, “Why are you arguing
about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?
8:18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear?
Don’t you remember?
Luke 9:44-45
9:44 “Take these words to heart,
for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”
9:45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning
had been concealed
from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet
they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
Acts 8:30-31
8:30 So Philip ran up
to it
and heard the man
reading Isaiah the prophet. He
asked him,
“Do you understand what you’re reading?”
8:31 The man
replied, “How in the world can I,
unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Acts 8:1
8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing
him.
Saul Begins to Persecute the Church
Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
Acts 5:20
5:20 “Go and stand in the temple courts
and proclaim
to the people all the words of this life.”