²⁰ For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

⁴ And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

¹² Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.

¹¹ Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.

¹⁴ For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

²³ But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

¹⁸ For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

¹⁷ Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,

¹² And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

³⁵ So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

³⁶ What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

⁶⁰ Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

²⁴ And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

²⁵ It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

²⁶ And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?

¹⁰ And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

²³ And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

²⁴ And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

²⁵ And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?