I write down countless teachings for the people, but they reject them as strange and foreign.

Jesus then said to his disciples, "I assure you: it will be very hard for rich people to enter the Kingdom of heaven.

When the disciples heard this, they were completely amazed. "Who, then, can be saved?" they asked.

The disciples were shocked at these words, but Jesus went on to say, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!

At this the disciples were completely amazed and asked one another, "Who, then, can be saved?"

Many of his followers heard this and said, "This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?"

The Jewish authorities said among themselves, "Where is he about to go so that we shall not find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live, and teach the Greeks?

He says that we will look for him but will not find him, and that we cannot go where he will be. What does he mean?"

For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power.

As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;

Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis.

There is much we have to say about this matter, but it is hard to explain to you, because you are so slow to understand.

And now the heathen are surprised when you do not join them in the same wild and reckless living, and so they insult you.

Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other, "What does this mean?"

While Peter was wondering about the meaning of this vision, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was, and they were now standing in front of the gate.

They obeyed his order, but among themselves they started discussing the matter, "What does this 'rising from death' mean?"