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A rope through the eye of a needle, I think they realised it was a mistranslation.
Edit: Biblical Greek "kámēlos" (camel) written in place of Biblical Greek "kámilos" (anchor rope/mooring cable). Neither are going to thread a needle, so I'm not sure what's bothering everybody.
did you not read the context? He said to enter heaven rich people must sell their riches. Its obvious he's saying you can't be rich and faithful.
That's obviously what it says. No one is saying anything counter to that. A rope doesn't fit through the eye of a needle and a camel doesn't fit through the small gate it may have referred to. It's all the same meaning. We're just talking about what the literal thing being said was. They all effectively have the same meaning.
It never reffered to a gate, that didn't exist at the same time. But camels do supposedly fit through said gate, if they get on their knees.
Of course all bullshit to help rich people feel like being wealthy wasn't a sin if they were "humble" about it.