Adjective sklēros (harsh) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more litteral meaning)


Matthew

25: 24Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew that you were harsh (sklēros), reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed;

John

6: 60When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This teaching is harsh (sklēros); who can accept it?"

Acts

26: 14When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It harsh (sklēros) for you to kick against the goads.'

James

3: 4Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes harsh (sklēros) winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

Jude

1: 15to execute judgment on all, and to convict everyone of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh (sklēros) things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him."