Luke 18:25
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly do they that have riches enter the kingdom of God!
26And those who heard this said, Who then can be saved?
Cross References
Matthew 23:24Blind guides! who strain out a gnat, and 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 →