The New Testament is full of stories and allegories of rich men committing good deeds in the Bible, and giving alms and making efforts to better themselves in the eyes of God and their fellow man. the issue was not, nor was it ever, that the man was rich, it is that the man never did anything positive with his riches. Taken out of context, it certainly sounds like a socialist selling point, but truth be told Jesus would never have been a socialist nor a capitalist. The intention was that, having riches, A man should not hoard them, but rather use them to elevate an aid his fellow man of his own free will. The understanding here is that such a wealthy person would presumably be money poor but love Rich by the end of his life.
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