Mark 8:16

8:16 So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread. ¹ 

Mark 10:25

10:25 It is easier for a camel ²  to go through the eye of a needle ³  than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Mark 11:20

The Withered Fig Tree

11:20 In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

Mark 14:19

14:19 They were distressed, and one by one said to him, “Surely not I?”

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¹ tn Grk “And they were discussing with one another that they had no bread.”

² tc A few witnesses (˹³ 28 579 pc) read κάμιλον (kamilon, “rope”) for κάμηλον (kamhlon, “camel”), either through accidental misreading of the text or intentionally so as to soften Jesus’ words.

³ sn The referent of the eye of a needle is a sewing needle. (The gate in Jerusalem known as “The Needle’s Eye” was built during the middle ages and was not in existence in Jesus’ day.) Jesus was speaking rhetorically to point out that apart from God’s intervention, salvation is impossible (v. 27).