Quotes About Understanding

He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.

“What are you disputing with them?” He asked.

After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldnít we drive it out?”

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.

“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.

“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ëFrom heaven,í He will ask, ëWhy then did you not believe him?í

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Jesus said to them, “Arenít you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.

“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to be fulfilled?”

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”

Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless.