Matthew 19:24
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| Overview - Matthew 19 | |
| 1 | Christ heals the sick; |
| 3 | answers the Pharisees concerning divorcement; |
| 10 | shows when marriage is necessary; |
| 13 | receives little children; |
| 16 | instructs the young man how to attain eternal life; |
| 20 | and how to be perfect; |
| 23 | tells his disciples how hard it is for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God; |
| 27 | and promises reward to those that forsake any thing to follow him. |
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Matthew 19:24 (King James Version)
And again I say unto you, 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.
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- So in the Koran, "The impious, who in his arrogance shall accuse our doctrine of falsity, shall find the gates of heaven shut; nor shall he enter till a camel shall pass through the eye of a needle." It was a common mode of expression among the Jews to declare any thing that was rare or difficult.
- 26 ; 23:24 Jeremiah 13:23 ; Mark 10:24 Mark 10:25 ; Luke 18:25 ; John 5:44