The "eye of the needle"....................

The Bible is a strange and wondrous work.  If one were to cherry-pick troublesome verses, I suspect Luke 18:25 would make most lists of such verses:

25  Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”  (New Revised Standard Version)

Does it really mean exactly what it says?  The Oracle Google was consulted.  Wikipedia suggests some confusion on the issue and offers these thoughts:

The "eye of the needle" has been claimed to be a gate in Jerusalem, which opened after the main gate was closed at night. A camel could only pass through this smaller gate if it was stooped and had its baggage removed. This story has been put forth since at least the 15th century, and possibly as far back as the 9th century. However, there is no evidence for the existence of such a gate.^[3][4]

Cyril of Alexandria claimed that "camel" is a Greek misprint; that kamêlos (camel) was a misprint of kamilos, meaning "rope" or "cable".^[2][5]

One of life's mysteries.  Gives us something to wrestle with.  Perhaps the best answer is found in verse 27:

27  He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.”

Or if one wants to cherry-pick versions,  the King James version of Luke 18:27 reads:

27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.