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词汇 it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
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It is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. There may be some sense in this last part of this ancient proverb. In ancient Middle Eastern walled towns the rear gate was called the Needle’s Eye, after its narrow rise and pointed top. A camel could pass through this Needle’s Eye, though with extreme dif- ficulty, by kneeling down. It has been suggested that this is the source of the expression, an equivalent of which is found in the Koran (“The impious shall find the ages of heaven shut; nor shall he enter till a camel shall pass through the eye of a needle”).
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