Mark 10:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
  • Matt 7:3-5 : 3 `And why dost thou behold the mote that `is' in thy brother's eye, and the beam that `is' in thine own eye dost not consider? 4 or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam `is' in thine own eye? 5 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
  • Matt 19:24-25 : 24 and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.' 25 And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?'
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 `Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
  • Luke 18:25 : 25 for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.'

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