<P> "The eye of a needle" is scripture quoting Jesus recorded in the synoptic gospels: </P> <Dl> <Dd> I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven . Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God . When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible ." Matthew 19: 23 - 26 </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven . Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God . When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible ." Matthew 19: 23 - 26 </Dd> <P> Parallel versions appear in Mark 10: 24 - 27, and Luke 18: 24 - 27 . </P>

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