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Mark 10:25

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10:25It is easier for a camel42 to go through the eye of a needle43 than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

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Footnotes

  1. 42 A few witnesses (f13 28 579 ) read κάμιλον (kamilon, “rope”) for κάμηλον (kamēlon, “camel”), either through accidental misreading of the text or intentionally so as to soften Jesus’ words.
  2. 43 The referent of the eye of a needle is a sewing needle. (The gate in Jerusalem known as “The Needle’s Eye” was built during the middle ages and was not in existence in Jesus’ day.) Jesus was speaking rhetorically to point out that apart from God’s intervention, salvation is impossible (v. 27).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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.