Verse 25

'It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Can an Ethiopian change his skin or a leopard its spots? Likewise, you are unable to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
  • Matt 7:3-5 : 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • Matt 19:24-25 : 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?"
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
  • Luke 18:25 : 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.