Luke 18:25

It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!”

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In The King James Version

For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

In Context

24Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

26“Then who can be saved?” asked those who heard this.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:24You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to 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 →

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