Bible in Basic English
"But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it."
— Luke 18:34, Bible in Basic English
“And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.”
And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.
For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:
And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.
And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.
And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?
And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.