Acts 17:20
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20 “You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.”
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Acts 17:20
New International Version
20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”
1 Peter 4:4
New Living Translation
4 Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you.
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1 Peter 4:4
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4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(A)
1 Corinthians 2:14
New Living Translation
14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
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- 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 1:23
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23 So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.
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1 Corinthians 1:23
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Hosea 8:12
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12 Even though I gave them all my laws,
they act as if those laws don’t apply to them.
Hosea 8:12
New International Version
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.(A)
1 Corinthians 1:18
New Living Translation
The Wisdom of God
18 The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.
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1 Corinthians 1:18
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Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(A) to those who are perishing,(B) but to us who are being saved(C) it is the power of God.(D)
Hebrews 5:11
New Living Translation
A Call to Spiritual Growth
11 There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen.
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Hebrews 5:11
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Warning Against Falling Away(A)
11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.
Acts 10:17
New Living Translation
17 Peter was very perplexed. What could the vision mean? Just then the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house. Standing outside the gate,
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Acts 10:17
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17 While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision,(A) the men sent by Cornelius(B) found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate.
Acts 2:12
New Living Translation
12 They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other.
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Acts 2:12
New International Version
12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
John 7:35-36
New Living Translation
35 The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they asked. “Is he thinking of leaving the country and going to the Jews in other lands?[a] Maybe he will even teach the Greeks! 36 What does he mean when he says, ‘You will search for me but not find me,’ and ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”
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- 7:35 Or the Jews who live among the Greeks?
John 7:35-36
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35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered(A) among the Greeks,(B) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”(C)
John 6:60
New Living Translation
Many Disciples Desert Jesus
60 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”
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John 6:60
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Many Disciples Desert Jesus
60 On hearing it, many of his disciples(A) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”(B)
Mark 10:24-26
New Living Translation
24 This amazed them. But Jesus said again, “Dear children, it is very hard[a] to enter the Kingdom of God. 25 In fact, 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 astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked.
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- 10:24 Some manuscripts read very hard for those who trust in riches.
Mark 10:24-26
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24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is[a] to enter the kingdom of God!(A) 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”(B)
26 The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
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- Mark 10:24 Some manuscripts is for those who trust in riches
Mark 9:10
New Living Translation
10 So they kept it to themselves, but they often asked each other what he meant by “rising from the dead.”
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Mark 9:10
New International Version
10 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.
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