Mark 10:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then you may also do good, who are accustomed to doing evil.
  • Matt 7:3-5 : 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • Matt 19:24-25 : 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
  • Luke 18:25 : 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

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