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Kind of...It actually says:

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” (ESV Matt 19:24)

Now, ask yourself - what is this "Kingdom of God" that Jesus is preaching? Is it the eternal heaven, or was Jesus preaching something more present and at hand?

I recommend to you: Jesus the Jewish Theologian by Brad Young

This verse is a key part of the parable in the previous passage as it is crucial to its proper interpretation. In the parable Jesus speaks of Himself and his coming crucifixion.

>Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
>
>“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[d]
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Jesus quotes from Psalm 118. In the 2nd temple Period this passage was understood to be speaking of David, and thus it was also messianic. The original "builders" were understood as Jesse and the prophet Samuel. In this context though, Jesus is speaking to religious leaders, and he is clear that in the parable, the evil tenants are these same religious leaders.

In the parable Jesus is speaking of their (the religious leaders) rejection of Him, and his subsequent crucifixion at their - and not the people of Israel's - hands. Whenever Jesus speaks of his death, he always tells of his subsequent resurrection. So when He says verse 44, "And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him." He is speaking of his resurrection. Brad Young, PhD, in his book "Jesus the Jewish Theologian" says that Jesus is likely utilizing a common saying in that time and adapting it to Himself.

"If a stone falls on a pot, woe to the pot! If a pot falls on a stone, woe to the pot! In either case woe to the pot! So whoever ventures to attack them [the people of Israel] receives his deserts on their account." p.221

In other words, the stone remains victorious and all its assailants will fail. So Jesus is in essence saying something to the effect of "though you (the religious leaders) are like these wicked tenants and will have me killed, I (the stone which the builders rejected i.e. The son of David, King of all Israel.) am like the stone which breaks all who appose it. I will in the end be victorious, by rising from the dead."

tldr; Jesus is speaking of His resurrection by referring to a well known saying of His time.

For a fuller discussion on this passage see Jesus the Jewish Theologian pages 215-224 by Brad Young, PhD.

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