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Mark 6:52

Doubt

50 for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

51 Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,

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

53 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.

54 As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus

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BSB
for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
KJV
For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
WEB
for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
ASV
for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
DARBY
for they understood not through the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
BLB
For they did not understand about the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
ÅB
For de hadde ikke fått forstand av det som var skjedd med brødene; men deres hjerte var forherdet.
OTB
for de hadde ikke forstått betydningen av brødene; deres hjerter var forherdet.
B1930
For de hadde ikke fått forstand av det som var skjedd med brødene; men deres hjerte var forherdet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Mark 8:17–21

    Aware 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?

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  • Luke 24:25

    Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

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  • Isaiah 63:17

    Why, 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.

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  • Mark 16:14

    Later, 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.

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  • Matthew 16:9–11

    Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

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  • Romans 11:7

    What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

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  • 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,

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  • Mark 3:5

    Jesus 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.

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