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the problem isn't misapplication, but misunderstanding, and hence clarified with respect to "rich"
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|"rich"
 
|"rich"
 
|"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:24)
 
|"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:24)
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|"rich" now refers simply to one with many possessions, and this verse is sometimes misapplied to justify laziness or even socialism
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|"rich" now refers simply to one with many possessions, and this verse is sometimes misunderstood to justify laziness or even socialism
 
|having a love of possession for its own sake; miserliness
 
|having a love of possession for its own sake; miserliness
 
|replace "rich" with "miserly"
 
|replace "rich" with "miserly"
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