Luke 18:25

It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle, than a rich man the kingdom of God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

24And when Jesus saw that he was dejected, he said: How difficult it is, for those that have wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!

26They who heard it, said to him: Who then can have life?

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Cross References

Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, who strain out gnats, and swallow down camels.

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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