Mark 10:25

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.

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.

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!"

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.

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 While he was on the way, a man came ran up and fell on his knees and he asked him, saying, O good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit life eternal? ¹⁸ Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? There is no one who is good, except the one God. ¹⁹ You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not murder, Do not bear false witness, Do not oppress, Honor your father and mother. ²⁰ But he answered and said to him, Teacher, all of these I have obeyed from my boyhood. ²¹ Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, You lack one thing; go, sell everything you have, and give it to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven; and take up your cross and follow me. ²² But he felt sad because of this saying, and he went away depressed; for he had great wealth. ²³ Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said to them, How hard it is for those who have wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁴ But the disciples were surprised at his words. And Jesus answered again and said to them, My sons, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ 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. ²⁶ But they were the more surprised, saying among themselves, Who then 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
And the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgasite,

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, which is at the entrance of Gadar, as far as Gaza; which is at the entrance of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 10:21
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, even to him were children born.

Genesis 10:32
These are the descendants of the sons of Noah, according to their families, in their nations: and from these the people spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated mankind, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

1 Chronicles 1:19
And to Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brothers name was Joktan.

Acts 17:26
And he has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and he has appointed seasons by his command, and has set limits to the age of men;

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.