Etymology

camel through the eye of a needle

Today it means: Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen. Full definition →

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The story

With reference to the New Testament, Mark 10.25, Mat. 19.24 and Luke 18.25. See the Citations page for those texts.

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