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The phrase "eye of the needle" is seriously misunderstood.
The Eye of the needle was a gate in Jerusalem, that was rather narrow. The law was that if a camel could not pass though the gate because it carried too many goods then they had to be removed until it could pass. Any goods that had to be removed had to be handed over to the King.
So the phrase refers to those who are striving to achieve salvation while holding on to their excess baggage. Such as greed for example.
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