Quotes About Insight

He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

ëHaving eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?í And do you not remember?

Then He asked them, “Do you still not understand?”

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.

But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.

Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why donít you know how to interpret the present time?

And they were unable to answer these questions.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.