17 Bible Verses about Not Understanding Sayings

When Jesus learned of this, he said, "You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread? Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?read more.
How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

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.

But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

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.

speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, "Sir, what will happen after these things?"

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)

Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.