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John 6:60
Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

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John 6:66
Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

Matthew 11:6
And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

Matthew 13:57
And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

Luke 2:34
And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

1 Corinthians 1:18
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.

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John 3:4
Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

John 3:9
And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

Matthew 16:11
How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Matthew 16:22
And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

Luke 24:21
But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

John 4:11
The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?

John 16:17
So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?

John 16:18
So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

John 20:2
Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

John 21:4
Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea (though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus).

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John 8:43
Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

1 Corinthians 2:14
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.

John 7:36
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?

Isaiah 6:9
And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

Matthew 19:25
And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

Mark 10:24
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!

Romans 8:7
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:

Hebrews 5:11
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.

1 John 5:20
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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Acts 26:14
And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

Jude 1:15
To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

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