John 10:6

This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstood not what things they were which he spake vnto them.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
- American Standard Version (1901)

In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.
- Basic English Bible

Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.
- Darby Bible

This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
- English Revised Version

Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for John 10:6

10:6 They - The Pharisees, to whom our Lord more immediately spake, as appears from the close of the foregoing chapter.