Matthew 19:24 · WEB
“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."”
— Matthew 19:24
Era
Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
growing
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narrative
Emotional genome
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