25It 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.
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And again I say unto you, 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. …
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-31)I. Here is a hopeful meeting between Christ and a young man ; such he is said to be ( Matt. 19:20 , 22 ), and a ruler (Luke 18:18), a person of quality. Some circumstances here are, which we had not in Matthew, which makes his address to Christ very promising. 1. He came running to Christ, which was an indication of his humility; he laid aside the gravity and grandeur of a ruler, when he came to C…
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