Isaiah 28:9
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9 “Whom will he teach knowledge,
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from milk,
those taken from the breast?(A)
Psalm 131:2
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2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.[a](A)
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- 131.2 Or my soul within me is like a weaned child
Jeremiah 6:10
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10 To whom shall I speak and give warning,
that they may hear?
See, their ears are closed;[a]
they cannot listen.
The word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn;
they take no pleasure in it.(A)
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- 6.10 Heb are uncircumcised
John 12:38
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38 This was to fulfill the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
“Lord, who has believed our message,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”(A)
Matthew 21:15-16
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15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did and heard[a] the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became angry(A) 16 and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,
‘Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies
you have prepared praise for yourself’?”(B)
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- 21.15 Gk lacks heard
Matthew 11:25
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Jesus Thanks His Father
25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank[a] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;(A)
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- 11.25 Or praise
John 3:19
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19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A)
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Jeremiah 5:31
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31 the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule as the prophets direct;[a]
my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?(A)
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- 5.31 Or rule by their own authority
Isaiah 54:13
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13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord,
and great shall be the prosperity of your children.(A)
Isaiah 53:1
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53 Who has believed what we have heard?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?(A)
1 Peter 2:2
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2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation(A)—
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John 12:47-48
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47 I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world but to save the world.(A) 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge,(B)
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Mark 10:15
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15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”(A)
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Isaiah 50:4
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The Servant’s Humiliation and Vindication
4 The Lord God has given me
a trained tongue,[a]
that I may know how to sustain
the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens,
wakens my ear
to listen as those who are taught.(A)
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- 50.4 Cn: Heb of those who are taught
Isaiah 30:10-12
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10 who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things;
prophesy illusions;(A)
11 leave the way; turn aside from the path;
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”(B)
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
Because you reject this word
and put your trust in oppression and deceit
and rely on them,(C)
Proverbs 1:29
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29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Psalm 50:17
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17 For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.(A)
Isaiah 48:17
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17 Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you how to succeed,
who leads you in the way you should go.(A)
Isaiah 30:20
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20 Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any longer, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.(A)
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Isaiah 28:26
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26 For they are well instructed;
their God teaches them.
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