22 Bible Verses about Dullness

Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?

How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my Message.

Not one who understands, not one who is searching for God!

Now on this subject I have much to say, but it is difficult to explain it to you, because you have shown yourselves so slow to learn.

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, And their ears are dull of hearing, Their eyes also have they closed; Lest some day they should perceive with their eyes, And with their ears they should hear, And in their mind they should understand, and should turn--And I should heal them.'

Now on this subject I have much to say, but it is difficult to explain it to you, because you have shown yourselves so slow to learn. For whereas, considering the time that has elapsed, you ought to be teaching others, you still need some one to teach you the very alphabet of the Divine Revelation, and need again to be fed with 'milk' instead of with 'solid food.' For every one who still has to take 'milk' knows nothing of the Teaching of Righteousness; he is a mere infant.read more.
But 'solid food' is for Christians of mature faith--those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, and their ears are dull of hearing, their eyes also have they closed; lest some day they should see with their eyes, and with their ears they should hear, and in their mind they should understand, and should turn--and I should heal them.'

That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.

They were undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection or pity.

are always learning, and yet never able to attain to a real knowledge of the Truth.

"What, do even you understand nothing yet?" Jesus exclaimed.

How is it that you do not see that I was not speaking about bread? Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.

The Apostles did not comprehend any of this; his meaning was unintelligible to them, and they did not understand what he was saying.

Then Jesus said to them: "O foolish men, slow to accept all that the Prophets have said!

"Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'?

"This Temple," replied the Jews, "has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to 'raise it in three days'?"

"How can a man," asked Nicodemus, "be born when he is old? Can he be born a second time?"

"You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep," she said; "where did you get that 'living water?'

"I have food to eat," he answered, "of which you know nothing." "Can any one have brought him anything to eat?" the disciples said to one another.

"If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well," said the disciples. But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world." Upon this the Jews began disputing with one another: "How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?"