Matthew 19:24 meaning and explanation

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 19:24, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just told the rich young man to sell his possessions and follow him, and the man went away sorrowful because he had great wealth. Speaking to his disciples, Jesus paints a deliberately absurd picture: a camel, the largest animal they knew, squeezing through the eye of a sewing needle.

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