When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
For, “every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”