Sentences with phrase «through the eye of the needle as»

A whole metamorphosis is occurring (going through the eye of the needle as you say it) and it is exciting.»

Rabbinic Judaism knows well the imagery of an elephant going through the eye of a needle as a symbol for the impossible, (Billerbeck, Kommentar I, 828.)

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Jesus then told his disciples how difficult it was for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God (as likely as a camel going through an eye of a sewing needle).

As you know, Jesus taught that it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

As Jesus said a rich man getting into heaven is like a camel going through the eye of the needle... not likely!!!

On the other hand, the image of some large beast passing through a needle's eye, as a piquant figure for something impossible, is found in other ancient Near Eastern sources, and the vastly preponderant weight of textual evidence still favors the contortionist dromedary over the elastic hawser.

All of his thought ultimately had to pass through the needle's eye of whether or not it compelled men to face their sovereign responsibility as individuals.

His parables frequently end with a «punch line» that presents a challenge to conventional expectation: the scorned Samaritan is the «good» one who proves neighbor to the victim on the Jericho Road; those who come to work late at the harvest are provided the same reward as those who toiled all day; the wayward prodigal son is the one who is feasted; the prayer of a repentant sinner is more acceptable to God than that of a righteous Pharisee.9 Shorter sayings make the same point: A camel could pass through a needle's eye more easily than a person of great wealth can enter into God's inbreaking realm (Mt 19:24).

And as we all know the Bible clearly states that it is harder for a poor man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.

Jesus is quoted as saying that it is harder for a rich man to enter the Commonwealth of God than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.

hmm looks like Mathew should update his passage to... a fat man has as much chance of entering heaven as a he does passing through an eye of a needle

As St Bede says of Zaccheus: «the camel disencumbered of his hump passes through the eye of the needle.»

Ask them why ANYONE who claims to be a CAPITALIST would worship a God that says rich people have as much chance of going to Heaven as a camel has of sliding through the eye of a needle.

Matt 19: 24 «Warren Buffett passing through the eye of a needle», is one of the few NT passages that was said by the historic Jesus as per most contemporary NT scholars.

The proud and the rich have a much harder time as the Gospel of Matthew says It is easier to fit a camel through an eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.

for the ignorant christains I quote the bible «for we know the grace of christ jesus that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor that through his poverty we might become rich» I quote again» I wish above all that though mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth» though I came to jesus poor, but now he has made me rich so I don't have to pass through the eyes of a needle.

Athletic and mobile, he is able to cover ground quickly and efficiently, while his near - perfect technique allows him to thread forward passes through the eye of a needle, as well as making him a threat from free - kicks.

On the other hand, the DD 1.0 mono audio is a major disappointment, given the musical nature of the second half of the film (and the acerbic sound - editing of the first, which recalls Walter Murch's early experiments in noise - as - wallpaper)-- it all sounds like a sausage forced through the eye of a needle, and as sharp - eared observers have pointed out elsewhere, the trademark line «Here's to Old England!»

Meanwhile, any attempt to fix the schools that ignores this imperative is as doomed to failure as the camel that struggles to pass through the eye of a needle.

NEA's solution is to stop saying, «No, you can't,» and start saying, «Well, you can, as long as you can pass through the eye of the needle.

The AVMA finds CO gas chambers «acceptable» as a means of killing as long as the proverbial camel fits through the eye of a needle.

The AVMA has stated CO gas chambers are «acceptable» as a means of killing as long as the proverbial camel fits through the eye of a needle.

Judging from their manifesto, the ecomodernists could be described as people who heard from the prophets of doom that it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for the poor of the Earth to enter the kingdom of modernity and prosperity.

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