Matthew 19:24
Good News Translation
I repeat: 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."

New Revised Standard Version
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

Contemporary English Version
In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom."

New American Bible
Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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Matthew 19:26 And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible: but with God all things are possible.

Matthew 23:24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.

Jeremiah 13:23 If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you also may do well, when you have learned evil.

Mark 10:24,25 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God? . . .

Luke 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?

Context
The Rich Young Man
23Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 25And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered much, saying: Who then can be saved?…
Cross References
Matthew 19:25
And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered much, saying: Who then can be saved?

Mark 10:25
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Luke 18:25
For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5
Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 19:23
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