A little context may help here. Rich people were the spiritual leaders of the day. They taught that if you gave a lot of money to the temple and the poor you were more likely to gain access into heaven. They essentially thought you could buy your way to heaven. So apparently the disciples believed this as well, so they were so surprised when Jesus said it is difficult for rich people to get to heaven.
There has been quite a lot of disinformation spread about this next statement of Jesus. A camel cannot fit through the eye of a needle. It is simply not possible. For this reason some people have wanted to make this a gate instead of a literal needle, but the point is that it is impossible for people to buy or earn their way to heaven.
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