Mark 10:23–25
Entering the kingdom is very hard for those who have riches: a camel and the eye of a needle
Study it word by word23And Jesus, looking around, says to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!”
24And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answers again and says to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God!
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.”
In its context
21And Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
22But he, dismayed at the word, went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
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26And they were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”
27Looking at them, Jesus says, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
Its words in the original
- περιβλεψάμενοςperiblepsamenos· look around
Look around.
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- λέγειlegei· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- μαθηταῖςmathētais· disciple
Disciple: someone who learns from a teacher and follows him in order to live as he does.
- δυσκόλωςdyskolōs· with difficulty
With difficulty, hardly.
- χρήματαchrēmata· wealth, money
Riches, money.
- ἔχοντεςechontes· have
Have, possess, hold.
- βασιλείανbasileian· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- εἰσελεύσονταιeiseleusontai· enter, go in
Enter, go in, come in.
- ἐθαμβοῦντοethambounto· be astonished
Be astonished, amazed.
- λόγοιςlogois· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- πάλινpalin· again
Again, once more; also "in turn".
- ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis· answer
Answer, reply; speak up.
- ΤέκναTekna· child
Child, son, daughter.
- δύσκολόνdyskolon· difficult
Difficult, hard.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- εὐκοπώτερόνeukopōteron· easier
Easier.
- κάμηλονkamēlon· camel
Camel.
- τρυμαλιᾶςtrymalias· eye of a needle
Hole, the eye of a needle.
- ῥαφίδοςrhaphidos· needle
Needle.
- διελθεῖνdielthein· pass through
Pass through, go through, travel through.
- πλούσιονplousion· rich
Rich; a rich person.