23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! 24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.” 25 The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, “Then who can be saved?”26 Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:23-26
When we read this, nearly all of us should think of ourselves as rich.
And be grateful for God’s mercy through whom all things are possible.
This time around, verse 10 struck me as funny – the disciples are like, “It’s better not to marry if we can’t get a divorce!” Jesus is like, “Yep. It’s hard.”
It would seem that even in Jesus’ day, marriage commitments were less than … commitments.