Acts 17:20
You talk of some things that sound strange to us; so we want to know what they mean."
1 Peter 4:4
and it astonishes them that you will not plunge with them still into the same flood of profligacy. They abuse you,
Matthew 19:23-25
And Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you truly, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the Realm of heaven.
Mark 9:10
This order they obeyed, debating with themselves what 'rising from the dead' meant.
Mark 10:24-26
The disciples were amazed at what he said; so he repeated, "My sons, how difficult it is [for those who rely on money] to get into the Realm of God!
John 6:60
Now many of his disciples, on hearing it, said, "This is hard to take in! Who can listen to talk like this?"
John 7:35-36
The Jews said to themselves, "Where is he going, that we will not find him? Is he off to the Dispersion among the Greeks, to teach the Greeks?
Acts 2:12
They were all amazed and quite at a loss. "What can it mean?" they said to one another.
Acts 10:17
Peter was quite at a loss to know the meaning of the vision he had seen; but just then, the messengers of Cornelius, who had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the door
1 Corinthians 1:18
Those who are doomed to perish find the story of the cross 'sheer folly,' but it means the power of God for those whom he saves.
1 Corinthians 1:23
but our message is Christ the crucified ??a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles,
1 Corinthians 2:14
The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.
Hebrews 5:11
On this point I have a great deal to say, which it is hard to make intelligible to you. For you have grown dull of hearing.