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ReplyDeleteI find Jesus' saying in Mk. 3.28-31 perplexing.
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ReplyDeleteMost perplexing: Luck 10:18: "I saw Satan fall like lightening from heaven."
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ReplyDeleteMost perplexing: "salted with fire."
ReplyDeleteMost difficult: "Love the Lord your God...."
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ReplyDeletePerplexing: John 3:13, that is, if one follows the Byzantine textual tradition.
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ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'm too old to be perplexed with any Jesus saying: they're all too familiar by now. The most frustrating for me is "blessed are the meek", because I tend to be anything but.
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ReplyDeleteJesus' comments in John 10.34-5 to the "Jews" after they accused him of blasphemy about asserting himself to be equal to God by appealing to Ps 82.
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ReplyDelete"From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force" Matt 11:12
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ReplyDeleteI also remain perplexed by the bit of the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus tells those gathered not to throw pearls to swine (Matthew 7:6). Who are the swine? What are the pearls? And how does this connect with the notion that the Kingdom of Heaven is, among other things, a moment when sinners repent and enjoy forgiveness?
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ReplyDeleteI've always found the "two swords" business in Luke 22:35-38 to be a bit odd
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ReplyDeleteMatthew 12:43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
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ReplyDelete"Give to every one who begs from you. . ." (Luke 6:30)
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ReplyDeleteThe whole "Turn the other cheek" thing has recently become extremely hard and troubling for me personally.
ReplyDeleteFor there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.
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ReplyDeletePerhaps the most mystifying statement: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34).
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