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## he too became very sad ##
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This phrase is absent from many Greek manuscripts and so often omitted from English translations.
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## a camel to go through a needle’s eye ##
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It is impossible for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle. Therefore, it appears that Jesus may have been using hyperbole to say "it is extremely difficult for a rich man to be saved." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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## camel ##
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This is a very large animal, larger than a cow or a horse.
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## needle's eye ##
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The needle's eye is the hole in a sewing needle through which the thread is passed. |