Mat 19:24 | NET2full | STEP | Again I say , 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 .”

‏ Matthew 19:24

24 Again I say, ^{▼▼tn Grk “I say to you.”} it is easier for a camel ^{▼▼tc A few, mostly late, witnesses (579 1424 al arm Cyr) read κάμιλον (kamilon, “rope”) for κάμηλον (kamēlon, “camel”), either through accidental misreading of the text or intentionally so as to soften Jesus’ words.} to go through the eye of a needle ^{▼▼sn The eye of a needle refers to a sewing needle. (Although the story of a small gate in Jerusalem known as “The Needle’s Eye” has been widely circulated and may go back as far as the middle ages, there is no evidence that such a gate ever existed.) Jesus was saying rhetorically that it is impossible for a rich person to enter God’s kingdom, unless God (v. 26) intervenes.} than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”