10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Truth
• Word of God

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 2:14 — But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
• Deut 29:4 — Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
• Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
• Isa 6:9 — And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
• Isa 44:18 — They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
• Isa 44:18 — They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
• Isa 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
• Jer 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in
• John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
• John 5:43 — I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
• John 6:44 — No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• John 6:60 — Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
• John 6:60 — Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
• John 7:17 — If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
• John 7:17 — If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
• John 8:27 — They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
• John 8:37 — I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
• John 8:47 — He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
• John 10:27 — My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• John 12:39 — Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
• Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
• Matt 13:19 — When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
• Matt 16:11 — How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
• Mic 4:12 — But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
• Prov 28:5 — Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
• Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.