Verse 20

For you bring some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.

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  • Hos 8:12 : 12 Though I wrote for them the many things of my law, they regarded them as something foreign.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.
  • Matt 19:23-25 : 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I tell you, it is hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?"
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what 'rising from the dead' might mean.
  • Mark 10:24-26 : 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, 'Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!' 25 'It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.' 26 The disciples were even more astonished, and said among themselves, 'Who then can be saved?'
  • John 6:60 : 60 On hearing this, many of his disciples said, 'This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?'
  • John 7:35-36 : 35 At this, the Jews said to one another, 'Where does this man intend to go that we will not be able to find Him? Does He plan to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does He mean when He said, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
  • Acts 2:12 : 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, asking one another, 'What does this mean?'
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for Simon’s house and stood at the gate.
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles,
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Heb 5:11 : 11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you have become dull in hearing.