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Mk 10:26 ... And they even more were amazed, saying among themselves, ... "And who is able to be saved?"

Verse 26 has three phrases and 11 words. The first two phrases have these 7 narrator words, ... oi de perissōs ekseplēssonto, legontes pros eautous (They and even more were amazed, saying among themselves, ...) The third phrase has these 4 dialog words the disciples say to each other, ... Kai tis dunatai sothēnai ("And who is able to be saved")?

The 7 narrator and 4 dialog words are top down. This new saying from Jesus that its easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a person to get into heaven simply stuns the disciples. The adverb perissōs (all-around, excess) and ekplēsso come from ek (out) and plēssō (to strike down, flatten, astonish). The diagram shows 6 disciples are tangent to 4 dialog and 4 narrator words arrayed the sides of the central hexagon filled top down with 7 narrator words. The other 6 disciples are arrayed top down against the hexagram and the graph. The 4 dialog words are top down tangent to 10 disciples and 6 narrator words. The diagram shows the top two and the bottom two disciples, the ones who say, "And who is able to be saved," these are the ones who are more amazed than the other eight disciples. The next diagram will ask if they can be saved.

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