The Rich Young Ruler
Luke 18:25
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Indeed, 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.”
- KJV
- For 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.
- WEB
- For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
- ASV
- For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
- LSV
- For it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”
- YLT
- for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.'
- DBY
- for it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.Elohim
- DRC
- For 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.
- GNV
- Surely it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τρήματος (“an eye”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τρυμαλιᾶς (“an eye”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read βελόνης (“of a needle”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ῥαφίδος (“of a needle”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: τρήματος βελόνης. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τρήματος βελόνης; Robinson–Pierpont read τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος βελόνης εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
- RP2018
- Εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
- TR-Boyd
- Εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
- SCR1894
- ευκοπωτερον γαρ εστιν καμηλον δια τρυμαλιας ραφιδος εισελθειν η πλουσιον εις την βασιλειαν του θεου εισελθειν
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- Matthew 23:24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
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