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John 10:6
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KJ21
This parable Jesus spoke unto them, but they understood not what things they were which He spoke unto them.
ASV
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
AMP
Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.
AMPC
Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.
BRG
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
CSB
Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
CSBA
Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
CEB
Those who heard Jesus use this analogy didn’t understand what he was saying.
CJB
Yeshua used this indirect manner of speaking with them, but they didn’t understand what he was talking to them about.
CEV
Jesus told the people this story. But they did not understand what he was talking about.
DARBY
This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.
DLNT
Jesus spoke this figure-of-speech to them, but those ones did not understand what the things were which He was speaking to them.
DRA
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.
ERV
Jesus told the people this story, but they did not understand what it meant.
EASY
Jesus told this story like a picture to teach the people. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
EHV
Jesus used this illustration in speaking to the people, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
ESV
This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
ESVUK
This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
EXB
Jesus told the people this ·story [figure of speech; illustration; parable], but they did not understand what ·it meant [he was telling them].
GNV
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
GW
Jesus used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn’t understand what he meant.
GNT
Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant.
HCSB
Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
ICB
Jesus told the people this story, but they did not understand what it meant.
ISV
Jesus used this illustration with them, but they didn’t understand what he was saying to them.
PHILLIPS
Jesus gave them this illustration but they did not grasp the point of what he was saying to them. So Jesus said to them once more, “I do assure you that I myself am the door for the sheep. All who have gone before me are like thieves and rogues, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If a man goes in through me, he will be safe and sound; he can come in and out and find his food. The thief comes with the sole intention of stealing and killing and destroying, but I came to bring them life, and far more life than before. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd will give his life for the sake of his sheep. But the hired man, who is not the shepherd, and does not own the sheep, will see the wolf coming, desert the sheep and run away. And the wolf will attack the flock and send them flying. The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and has no interest in the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know those that are mine and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I am giving my life for the sake of the sheep.
JUB
Jesus spoke this parable unto them, but they did not understand what it was that he spoke unto them.
KJV
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
AKJV
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
LSB
This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
LEB
Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.
TLB
Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,
MSG
Jesus told this simple story, but they had no idea what he was talking about. So he tried again. “I’ll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep. All those others are up to no good—sheep rustlers, every one of them. But the sheep didn’t listen to them. I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.
MEV
Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
MOUNCE
Jesus told them this · figurative story, · but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
NOG
Yeshua used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn’t understand what he meant.
NABRE
Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them.
NASB
Jesus told them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them meant.
NASB1995
This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
NCB
Jesus used this parable to instruct them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
NCV
Jesus told the people this story, but they did not understand what it meant.
NET
Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
NIRV
Jesus told this story. But the Pharisees didn’t understand what he was telling them.
NIV
Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.
NIVUK
Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.
NKJV
Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
NLV
Jesus told this picture-story to them. Yet they did not understand what He said.
NLT
Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,
NMB
This similitude Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand the things that he was saying to them.
NRSVA
Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
NRSVACE
Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
NRSVCE
Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
NRSVUE
Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
NTFE
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what it was he was saying to them.
OJB
This figure of speech Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them. But those ones did not have binah (understanding) of what he was saying to them.
RGT
Jesus spoke this parable to them. But they did not understand what it was He was saying to them.
RSV
This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
RSVCE
This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
TLV
Yeshua told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
VOICE
Jesus explained a profound truth through this metaphor, but they did not understand His teaching.
WEB
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
WE
Jesus told this story to the Pharisees, but they did not understand what he was trying to tell them.
WYC
Jesus said to them this proverb; but they knew not what he spake to them.
YLT
This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
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