Mark 10:25

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

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KJV

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

ASV

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.

YLT

It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

DBT

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom ofGod.

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The Saviour by no means has excluded the rich on account of wealth itself, and the possession of property, nor fenced off salvation against them; if they are able and willing to submit their life to God's commandments, and prefer them to transitory objects, and if they would look to the Lord with steady eye, as those who look for the nod of a good helmsman, what he wishes, what he orders, what he indicates, what signal he gives his mariners, where and whence he directs the ship's course.

Clement of Alexandria· Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?, 215patristic

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So a rich man cannot get to heaven unless he is willing to part with the burthen of his worldly wealth, and stoop to the duties of a humble religion, and so enter at the strait gate. [2.] Others suggest that the word we translate a camel, sometimes signifies a cable-rope, which, though not to be got through a needle's eye, yet is of great affinity to it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Matthew 19:24–25
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Luke 18:25
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 23:24
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Matthew 7:3–5
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:22
  Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 9:5
  Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
- Matthew 19:24–28
  Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Jeremiah 2:30
  “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
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Matthew 23:24
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
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- Matthew 19:24
  Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Matthew 27:6–8
  The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
- Matthew 15:2–6
  “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

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