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Matthew 19:24

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Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”

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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • Is wealth a sign of righteousness or of wickedness?

    Psalm 37:25, Psalm 112:1-3, Proverbs 13:22, and Proverbs 15:6 all treat wealth as a marker of divine favor — the righteous never beg, their houses fill with treasure, and the sinner's wealth ends up with the just. Matthew 19:23-24, Luke 6:24, and James 5:1 reverse the polarity completely: rich men can barely enter the kingdom of heaven, the rich have already received their consolation, and they should weep and howl for the miseries coming on them.

    Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.

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