What Many Modern Believers Get Wrong About Jesus’ “The Eye of the needle” Parable - Ever been told that when Jesus said, “It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God,” He wasn’t talking about a literal needle? Maybe your pastor explained it as a small gate in Jerusalem, where travelers had to unload their camels to fit through. It’s a nice story, but there’s no historical evidence such a gate existed in Jesus’ time. In the original Greek, the word for “needle” refers to an actual needle—used by tailors in Matthew and Mark, and by doctors in Luke. The gate explanation came centuries later, likely as an attempt to make Jesus’ parable more palatable. But Jesus intentionally used this impossible image to make a profound point. When a wealthy man asked how to gain eternal life, Jesus told him to sell his possessions and follow Him. The man walked away grieving—unable to let go of his wealth, which had become his identity. The lesson? Wealth often blinds us to our need for God. The Kingdom of Heaven isn’t something we can earn or buy—it’s a gift from God. “With man, this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible.” Jesus calls us to let go of anything we rely on more than Him. Only then can we truly see the Kingdom.
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