It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
Parallel Translations
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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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It is easyer for a camell to go thorowe the eye of an nedle then for a riche man to entre into the kyngdome of God.
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It is easier for a camel to goe through the eye of a needle, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Mark 10:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 19:24-25 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.” When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
- Luke 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
- Matthew 23:24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
- Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
- Matthew 7:3-5 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 25 It is easier for a camel to go…
25 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.
Ver. 25. {See Trapp on "Mat 19:24"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Jesus, looking upon them,.... And by their countenances…
And Jesus, looking upon them,.... And by their countenances saw the surprise and anxiety of mind they were in, as well as by his omniscience, knew their private reasonings among themselves:
saith, with men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible; even to reduce a camel to so small a size, as to go through the eye of a needle; and to work upon a rich man's heart, so as to take him off of his trust and confidence in his worldly riches, and bring him to a compliance with his will, and into his kingdom; and also to protect, and save his poor and mean followers, notwithstanding all the difficulties, dangers, and oppositions they meet with; See Gill on Mat 19:26.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. It is easier for a camel] This figure…
25. It is easier for a camel] This figure has been variously interpreted. (a) Some have rendered it an “anchor-rope,” as though the word was “kamilon” and not “kamelon;” (b) others think it refers to the side gate for foot passengers, close by the principal gate, called in the East the “eye of a needle;” but (c) it is best to understand the words literally. Similar proverbs are common in the Talmud.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain It is easier for a camel to go through…
It is easier for a camel to go through a needle"s eye, etc. This is a strong hyperbolic proverbial expression to represent anything that is very difficult to do. Dr. John Lightfoot, in his Hebrew exercitations upon St. Matthew"s Gospel (vol. 2 p. 219). He quotes instances from the biblical writings of a very similar phrase intended to represent something that is possible. For example, he quotes one rabbi disputing with another, who says, "Perhaps thou art one of those who can make an elephant pass through the eye of a needle; that is, "who speak things that are impossible." St. Jerome says," It is not the absolute impossibility of the thing which is set forth, but the infrequency of it."
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain eye of
eye of
It has been thought the reference here was to a postern door set in a gate of Jerusalem.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:25 Jesus was emphatically warning that riches are an…
10:25 Jesus was emphatically warning that riches are an obstacle to entering the Kingdom of God. The camel was the largest animal in Palestine, the eye of a needle the smallest hole. Some rich people are evidently able to overcome the problem created by riches and follow Jesus, but Jesus’ followers came from among the poor more than from the rich. • Explanations about a gate in the Jerusalem wall called the “Eye of the Needle” are ill-conceived. There never was such a gate, and this explanation loses sight of Jesus’ frequent use of hyperbole in his teaching (see also Matt 7:3-5; 23:24).
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