Luke 18:25
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.
KJV
εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος βελόνης εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
Greek NT
facilius est enim camelum per foramen acus transire quam divitem intrare in regnum Dei.
Vulgate
For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
ASV
For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- τρήματος βελόνης — SBLGNT
- τρήματος βελόνης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Mark 10:25 — 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.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 19:24 — 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.