Matthew 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.
KJV
πάλιν δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.
Greek NT
Et iterum dico vobis : Facilius est camelum per foramen acus transire, quam divitem intrare in regnum cælorum.
Vulgate
And again I say unto you, 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.
ASV
And again I say to you: 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 heaven.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
εὐκοπώτερος
eukopoteros
adjective · 7×
κάμηλος
kamelos
noun · 6×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
πλούσιος
plousios
adjective · 28×
τρύπημα
trupema
noun · 2×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ῥαφίς
raphis
noun · 2×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: τρυπήματος | Treg/NIV/RP: τρυπήματος | WH: τρήματος
- τρυπήματος — SBLGNT
- τρυπήματος — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- τρήματος — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἰσελθεῖν | WH/Treg: εἰσελθεῖν | NIV/RP: διελθεῖν
- εἰσελθεῖν — SBLGNT
- εἰσελθεῖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- διελθεῖν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ | WH: εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ | NIV: εἰσελθεῖν εἰς … τοῦ θεοῦ | RP: εἰς … τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν | Treg: εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν
- εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ — SBLGNT
- εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ — Westcott-Hort
- εἰσελθεῖν εἰς … τοῦ θεοῦ — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἰς … τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν — Robinson-Pierpont
- εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2053To this first reply Jesus adds a second: "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."2 This reply does not do away with the first: following Jesus Christ involves keeping the Commandments. the Law has not been abolished,3 but rather man is invited to rediscover it in the person of his Maste…
2. Do you see how many prizes, how many crowns, He appoints for this race? If he had been tempting, He would not have told him these things. But now He both says it, and in order to draw him on, He also shows him the reward to be great, and leaves it all to his own will, by all means throwing into the shade that which seemed to be grievous in His advice. Wherefore even before m…
1. In another place he says the same, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal 2 Corinthians 4:18; and from this makes an exhortation with regard to the evils which we endure in this present life; and here he does this, and says, let us continue steadfast; let us have thankfulness, i.e., let us give thanks unto God. For not only …
Cross-references
- Jer 13:23 — Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
- Jer 13:23 — Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
- John 5:44 — How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
- 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.
- Mark 10:24 — And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
- 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 19:26 — But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
- Matt 23:24 — Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
- Matt 23:24 — Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.