Full Idea
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Gist of Idea
It is almost impossible for the rich to go to heaven
Source
Jesus (reports [c.32]), quoted by St Matthew - 01: Gospel of St Matthew 19.24
Book Reference
'The Bible', ed/tr. the Church [Collins 1950], p.467
A Reaction
Aristotle and others (Margaret Thatcher) have observed that you cannot practise charity if you are poor. Jesus implies that the human race should remain in poverty. No wonder autocratic medieval rulers taught Christianity to peasants. Cf. Matt 25.30.