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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.
I mean, in the context of the passage it's pretty fucking clear that it isn't an easy thing to do. It doesn't matter if the saying was slightly off, the message is "give away all your possessions in order to follow Christ".
No, it's right there in the text. "Sell", not "give". You can be rich, you just can't have stuff.
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Well it says to give the money to the poor after you sell your stuff. So you can't have money or stuff.