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In the Gospels, what does Jesus say is easier than a rich person entering the kingdom of God?

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The answer

"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" (Mark 10:25; also Matthew 19:24 and Luke 18:25).

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Why it’s interesting

You'll sometimes hear the "eye of the needle" was a low gate in Jerusalem a camel had to kneel through — a medieval explanation with no archaeological backing. The plain reading is meant to sound impossible, and that's the point.

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