Mark 6:52

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for they understood not concerning the loaves, for their heart hath been hard.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 6:52 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 63:17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
  2. Matthew 16:9Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
  3. Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
  4. Mark 7:18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  5. Mark 8:17Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?
  6. Mark 16:14Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
  7. Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  8. Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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