Luke 18:25
It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
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In Context
24When he saw his reaction, Jesus said, “How difficult it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
26Those who heard this wondered, “Who can be saved then?”
Cross References
Matthew 23:24You blind guides—you strain what you drink to keep out a fly but then you swallow a camel!
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:19-31
Riches a Spiritual Hindrance. 18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that… Read the whole commentary →