Mark 10:25

Easy-to-Read Version

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God's kingdom!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich

King James Version (1611)
It is easier for a camel to goe thorow the eye of a needle, then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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.

English Standard Version
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

New American Standard Bible
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

New Century Version
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

Amplified Bible
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Legacy Standard Bible
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Berean Standard Bible
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."

Contemporary English Version
In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom."

Complete Jewish Bible
It's easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

Darby Translation
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
It is easier for a camel to goe through the eye of a needle, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.

George Lamsa Translation
It is easier for a rope to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Good News Translation
It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."

Lexham English Bible
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

Literal Translation
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, than for a rich one to enter into the kingdom of God.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

Hebrew Names Version
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."

International Standard Version
It is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God."

Etheridge Translation
It is easier for a camel to go through the hole of a needle, than for a rich to enter into the kingdom of Aloha.

Murdock Translation
It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
It is easier for a camel to go thorowe the eye of a needle, then for the riche to enter into the kyngdome of God.

English Revised Version
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.

World English Bible
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."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
It is easier for a camel to go thro' the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Weymouth's New Testament
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
It is liyter a camele to passe thorou a nedlis iye, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God.

Update Bible 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New English Translation
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

New King James Version
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

New Living Translation
In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!"

New Life Bible
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go to heaven."

New Revised Standard
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
It is, easier, for a camel, through the eye of a needle, to pass, than for, a rich man, into the kingdom of God, to enter.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
It is easyer for a camell to go thorowe ye eye of an nedle then for a riche man to entre into the kyngdome of God.

Young's Literal Translation
It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle, then for a rich man to entre in to ye kyngdome of God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
it is easier for a cable to pass thro' the eye of a needle, than for such a rich man to enter into the divine kingdom.

Simplified Cowboy Version
it'd be easier for a bull to jump through a cinch ring than for a rich man to fit through the gate into heaven."

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Jesus started to leave, but a man ran to him and bowed down on his knees before him. The man asked, "Good Teacher, what must I do to get the life that never ends?" ¹⁸ Jesus answered, "Why do you call me good? Only God is good. ¹⁹ And you know his commands: ‘You must not murder anyone, you must not commit adultery, you must not steal, you must not lie, you must not cheat, you must respect your father and mother ….'" ²⁰ The man said, "Teacher, I have obeyed all these commands since I was a boy." ²¹ Jesus looked at the man in a way that showed how much he cared for him. He said, "There is still one thing you need to do. Go and sell everything you have. Give the money to those who are poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow me." ²² The man was upset when Jesus told him to give away his money. He didn't want to do this, because he was very rich. So he went away sad. ²³ Then Jesus looked at his followers and said to them, "It will be very hard for a rich person to enter God's kingdom!" ²⁴ The followers were amazed at what Jesus said. But he said again, "My children, it is very hard to enter God's kingdom! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God's kingdom!" ²⁶ The followers were even more amazed and said to each other, "Then who can be saved?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 13:23, Matthew 7:3-5, Matthew 19:24, Matthew 19:25, Matthew 23:24, Luke 18:25

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:20 - ye Acts 14:22 - enter

Cross-References

Genesis 10:16
Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

Genesis 10:19
The land where the Canaanites lived went from Sidon down along the coast to Gerar and from Gaza as far east as Sodom and Gomorrah and from Admah and Zeboiim as far north as Laish.

Genesis 10:21
Shem was Japheth's older brother. One of Shem's descendants was Eber, the father of all the Hebrew people.

Genesis 10:32
This is the list of the families from Noah's sons. They are arranged according to their nations. From these families came all the people who spread across the earth after the flood.

Deuteronomy 32:8
God Most High separated the people on earth and gave each nation its land. He set up borders for all people. He made as many nations as there are angels.

1 Chronicles 1:19
Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg, because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his lifetime. Peleg's brother was named Joktan.

Acts 17:26
God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It is easier for a camel,.... :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 19:16-30.

Mark 10:17

Gone forth - From the place where he had been teaching.

Into the way - Into the road or path on his journey.

Running - Thus showing the intensity with which he desired to know the way of life. Zeal to know the way to be saved is proper, nor is it possible that it should be too intense if well directed. Nothing else is so important, and nothing demands, therefore, so much effort and haste.

Mark 10:19

Defraud not - Do not take away your neighbor’s property by fraud or dishonesty. To “cheat” or “defraud,” supposes a covetous desire of a neighbor’s property, and is usually attended with “falsehood” or “false witness” against a neighbor in obtaining it. It is thus a violation of the ninth and tenth commandments; and our Saviour very properly, therefore, “condensed the two,” and expressed their substance in this - not to defraud. It is, besides, expressly forbidden in Leviticus 19:13; “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor.”

Mark 10:21

Jesus beholding him, loved him - What occurred afterward showed that the young man did not love the Saviour, or was not a true disciple; so that this expression denotes simply natural affection, or means that Jesus was pleased with his amiableness, his morality, and his “external” regard for the law of God. At the same time, this was entirely consistent with deep sorrow that he would not give his heart to God, and with deep abhorrence of such a love of the world as to blind the mind to the beauty of true religion, and to lead to the rejection of the Messiah and the destruction of the soul.

One thing thou lackest - When the young man came to Jesus he asked him, “What lack I yet?” Matthew 19:20. This “question” Mark has omitted, but he has retained the “answer.” The answer means, there is “one thing” yet wanting. Though all that you have said should be “true,” yet, to make the system complete, or to show that you “really” are disposed to keep the commands of God, go and sell your property. See whether you love “God” more than you do your “wealth.” By doing that you will show that your love of God is supreme; that your obedience is not merely “external” and “formal,” but “sincere” and “real;” the thing now “lacking” will be made up.

Mark 10:24

Children - An expression of affection, perhaps also implying a reproof that their slowness of understanding was like that of children. When they should have seen at once the truth of what he said, they were slow to learn it. It became necessary, therefore, to “repeat” what he had said.

How hard - With how much difficulty.

Mark 10:26

Out of measure - Very much, or exceedingly. The Greek means no more than this.

Mark 10:30

An hundred-fold - One hundred times as much.

In this time - In this life. In the time that he forsakes all.

Houses ... - This cannot be taken literally, as promising a hundred times as many “mothers, sisters,” etc. It means, evidently, that the loss shall be a hundred times “compensated” or made up; or that, in the possession of religion, we have a hundred times the “value” of all we forsake. This consists in the pardon of sin, in the favor of God, in peace of conscience, in support in trials and in death, and in raising up “friends” in the place of those who are left - “spiritual brethren, and sisters, and mothers,” etc. And this corresponds to the experience of all who ever became Christians. At the same time. it is true that godliness is profitable “for all things,” having the promise of the life that is, as well as of that which is to come. See the notes at 1 Timothy 4:8. “The favor of God” is the security for every blessing. Obedience to his law secures industry, temperance, chastity, economy, prudence, health, and the confidence of the world - all indispensable to success in life, and all connected. commonly, with success. Though the wicked “sometimes” prosper, yet the “surest” way of prosperity is to fear God and keep his commandments. Thus will all “needed” blessings descend on us “here,” and “eternal” blessings hereafter.

With persecutions - Persecutions, or the contempt of the world, and bodily sufferings on account of their religion, they “must” meet. Jesus did not conceal this; but he consoled them. He assured them that “amid” these, or perhaps it should be rendered “after” these, they should find friends and comfort. It is well to bear trial if “God” be our Friend. With the promises of the Bible in our hand, we may hail persecutions, and thank God that, amid so many sorrows, he has furnished such abundant consolations.