The Rich And Salvation

Et iterum dico vobis: Facilius est camelum per foramen acus transire, quam divitem intrare in regnum cælorum. Auditis autem his, discipuli mirabantur valde, dicentes: Quis ergo poterit salvus esse? Cum autem pauci sint divites in comparatione multitudinis pauperum, intelligendum est, quod omnes qui divitias cupiunt, in divitum numero haberi discipuli animadvertunt.  Sanctus Augustinus Hipponensi, Questiones in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, Liber Primus, XXVIII Source: Migne PL 35 1328

'And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.' Hearing this, the disciples wondered greatly, saying, 'Who then can be saved? 1 Since the rich are so few in comparison with the poor, it must be understood that all those who desire riches are included in the number of the rich to which the disciples refer. Saint Augustine of Hippo, Questions on the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Book 1, 28 1 Mt 19.24-25