Bible Strands
Mark 10:25
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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to His disciples immediately after they marvel at His warning about wealth, using their astonishment to stress the impossibility of the rich entering God’s kingdom.
The words — The Greek εὐκοπώτερον (eukopōteron) means “easier,” establishing a direct comparison between a camel passing through τρυμαλιᾶς τῆς ῥαφίδος (trumalias tēs rhaphidos), literally “the eye of a needle.”
The thread — This exact comparison appears in Matthew 19:24 and Luke 18:25, while Matthew 23:24 repurposes the camel imagery to condemn hypocritical legalism.
Why it lands — The text states that wealth cannot secure salvation, which forces the disciples to ask who can be saved and leaves human effort entirely inadequate.
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The Greek words
King 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.
Cross-references
- Matthew 19:24 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.”
- Luke 18:25 Indeed, 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 23:24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
- Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
- Matthew 7:3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?