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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I'm puzzled why so many people want to read this passage other than as the plain meaning, that without the grace of God, a rich man (or any man) has as much chance of gaining heaven as a camel has of getting through the eye of a needle.
Paul
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I'm entirely prepared to accept that interpetation, Paul; I merely offered it as a linguistic possibility. It occurred to me that perhaps the people at the time might have tried to thread needles with camel hair and know that it was extremely difficult to do, whereas for an entire camel to go through is just silly. But perhaps that's the point, after all. One might take either viewpoint.