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# Why do you not understand my words?
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Jesus is using this question mainly to rebuke the Jewish leaders for not listening to him. Alternate translation: "I will tell you why you do not understand what I say!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# It is because you cannot hear my words
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Here "words" is a metonym for the "teachings" of Jesus. Alternate translation: "It is because you will not accept my teachings. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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