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Originally Posted by fan4ever
That's actually a translation issue; many cities had walls built around them and the door by which people would enter and exit at night was a small door...and getting a camel through those doors was possible but difficult because of the height of the camel...somehow this became the "eye of a needle" reference. From what I understand it's not supposed to be believed that it's impossible for a wealthy man to enter Heaven. Many of God's followers, King David for example, lived in great wealth.
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Yeah, that’s why Jesus asked everybody at the sermon on the mount to hurry up and donate today. Because St. Thomas Aquinas confused “eye of the needle” with “a small door in the city walls.”
Or maybe people make BANK off of “ministering.”
What’s the misinterpretation of “man cannot serve both God and money?”
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“Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.”
The translation is actually “go on TV and ask poor people to give donations so you can build big ass churches and fly private and live super comfortably, cuz you’re a minister.”