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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.
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.
In print by 1905 AD · modern
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- In print by 1905 AD · modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Matthew xix. 24.
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