From the time of Moses up until the time of Yeshua, the people of Israel were looking for the one that Moses and the Prophets spoke about. This Prophet, the Almighty was going to send, the Children of Israel must Shema!
Yeshua spent the bulk of His Ministry speaking to people who supposedly had the Word, but were following the traditions they had been taught as the Word.
The people had eyes but could not see and ears but could not hear. They couldn't see the Messiah who was standing in front of them because their religion, their teachings, their traditions, blinded them to the truth of what is actually written!