22 Bible Verses about Dullness

"Hypocrites! you know how to read the face of the earth and of the sky; but how is it that you do not know how to read the signs of the present time?

"How is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot listen to my message.

There is none that understands, none that seeks for God!

Concerning him I have much to say, and much that is hard to make clear to you, because you have grown dull of hearing.

For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

Concerning him I have much to say, and much that is hard to make clear to you, because you have grown dull of hearing. And this too, although you ought by this time to be teaching others, you are still needing some one to teach you the very rudiments of divine revelation. You need milk, not solid food. For every one who feeds on milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness. He is still an infant.read more.
But solid food is for adults, that is, for those who by constant practise have their faculties trained to discriminate between good and evil.

For this people's heart is grown obtuse, Their ears are heavy of hearing, Their eyes have they closed, Lest they should see with their eyes And hear with their ears, Lest they understand with their heart, And turn again, and heal them.

"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

They were without sense, without faith, without natural affection, without mercy.

and led captive by ever-changing impulses, are always learning but never able to arrive at knowledge of truth.

He answered. "Are even you still without understanding?

"How is it that you do not perceive that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware off the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

But they did not understand this saying; it was hidden from them so that they perceived it not, and they were sore afraid to ask him about his saying.

But they understood none of these sayings. His words were a mystery to them, and they did not know what he meant.

"O foolish men," said Jesus, "slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

"Have I been so long among you, and yet you, Philip, have you not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Cause us to see the Father'?

The Jews retorted, "This Temple took forty-six years to build, and will you 'raise it in three days'?"

"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus replied; "Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?

"Rabbi," they said, "eat something." But he answered, "I have food to eat of which you know nothing." So the disciples began to say to one another, "Can any one have brought him something to eat?"

"Master, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well," replied the disciples. Now Jesus had been speaking concerning his death, but they thought that he was talking about natural sleep.

"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world." Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"