And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said,
How hard it is for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
The ruler was too weak in his intentions and could not be prevailed upon even to listen to the advice of selling his possessions, although it would have been good for him and full of reward. Our Lord lays bare the sickness that has its home in the rich, saying, “How hard it is for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God! I say to you, that it is easier for a camel to enter in through the eye of a needle than for a rich man into the kingdom of God.” Now by a camel he means not the animal of that name but rather a thick cable. It is the custom of those wellversed in navigation to call the thicker cables “camels.” Commentary on Luke, Homily
