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It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."
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Luke 18:25 Meaning and Commentary
Luke 18:25
For it is easier for a camel
These words were spoken to the disciples again, and were a second address to them, after they had shown astonishment at the former; (See Gill on Matthew 19:24) and (See Gill on Mark 10:24).
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Luke 18:25 In-Context
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But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.
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Jesus saw that he was sad and said, "How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!
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It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."
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The people who heard him asked, "Who, then, can be saved?"
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Jesus answered, "What is humanly impossible is possible for God."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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