When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying: who then can be saved? The disciples' astonishment at the camel-and-needle image — and their who then can be saved — communicates the ancient world's assumption that wealth was a sign of God's favor. If the wealthy cannot be saved, who has any hope? The disciples' question opens the space for Jesus' answer about divine possibility.

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