eukopoteros marks what is less difficult when two actions or outcomes are set in comparison.

The attested use consistently marks the comparatively less difficult side of a stated contrast: saying forgiveness or commanding a paralytic to rise, a camel’s passage or a rich person’s entry, and heaven and earth passing away or the law’s collapse.

1. Comparatively less difficult in a contrast · dominant

   All seven occurrences use the nominative singular neuter comparative form in explicit comparisons. In Luke 5:23, Mark 2:9, and Matthew 9:5, the APB renders a question contrasting saying that sins are forgiven with telling a paralytic to rise and walk; in Luke 18:25, Mark 10:25, and Matthew 19:24, it renders a contrast between a camel entering through a needle’s opening and a rich person entering the kingdom of God. In Luke 16:17, the APB renders the comparison between heaven and earth passing away and one tittle of the law collapsing.

   Luke 16:17Luke 18:25Luke 5:23Mark 10:25Mark 2:9Matthew 19:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the comparison with “easier,” both in questions and in statements introduced by “It is easier” or “For it is easier.” This rendering confirms the comparative force of the clauses rather than supplying a separate definition.