But, in fact, in Jesus’ day, there was no Needle’s Eye gate. That is a myth. We have absolutely zero record for that, and that story is actually wrong. What this passage means—it’s hyperbole, to be sure, but what it means—is just what it says: How hard is it for a camel to go through an eye of a needle? It’s impossible. You couldn’t even put that camel in a blender and shoot it through the eye of a needle. It’s absolutely impossible, and that’s exactly what Jesus says—that it’s impossible—because