Acts 17:20
It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."
Hosea 8:12
I prescribed great things from my Law for them, but they considered them profane.
1 Peter 4:4
They insult you now because they are surprised that you are no longer joining them in the same excesses of wild living.
Matthew 19:23-25
Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.
Mark 9:10
They kept the matter to themselves but argued about what "rising from the dead" meant.
Mark 10:24-26
The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus told them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth to get into the kingdom of God!
John 6:60
When many of his disciples heard this, they said, "This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?"
John 7:35-36
Then the Jewish leaders asked one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we won't be able to find him? Surely he's not going to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
Acts 2:12
All of them continued to be stunned and puzzled, and they kept asking one another, "What can this mean?"
Acts 10:17
While Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men sent by Cornelius asked for Simon's house and went to the gate.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach the Messiah crucified. He is a stumbling block to Jews and nonsense to gentiles,
1 Corinthians 2:14
A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.
Hebrews 5:11
We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.