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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editEtymology
editFrom the Gospel of Matthew, verse 19:24. Some assert that "camel" is a misinterpretation of a word meaning "rope"[1] and others assert that the "Needle's Eye" was a gate in the walls of Jerusalem,[2] but the evidence for each of these theories is contested, and the literal interpretation remains the most common.
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Proverb
editit 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
- (Christianity, biblical) It is unlikely that the wealthy will go to heaven.
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