I have written the great things of My Law for him, but they were counted as a strange thing.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, Truly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven.

When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?

And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God.

And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, Who then is able to be saved?

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who is able to hear it?

Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? He does not intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks does He?

What is this thing that He said, You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you are not able to come?

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.

but we preach Christ crucified, truly to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain with words, since you have become dull of hearing.

In this regard, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same overflow of dissipation, blaspheming.

So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, Whatever would this wish to be?

Now while Peter was perplexed within himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate.

So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead might be.