1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond
the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was
again teaching them. 2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him,
“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 He answered, “What did Moses command you?”
4 They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to
divorce her.”
5 But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this
commandment. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, ‘God made them male
and female. 7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and
will join to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh,’ so that they
are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined
together, let no man separate.”
10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another,
commits adultery against her. 12 If a woman herself divorces her husband,
and marries another, she commits adultery.”
13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them,
but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. 14 But when Jesus
saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the
little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God
belongs to such as these. 15 Most assuredly I tell you, whoever will not
receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into
it.” 16 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands
on them.
17 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and
asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal
life?”
18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except
one — God. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit
adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’
‘Honor your father and mother.’”
20 He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my
youth.”
21 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you
lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he
was one who had great possessions. 23 Jesus looked around, and said to his
disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into
the Kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again,
“Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the
Kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through a*1 needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of
God.”
26 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be
saved?”
27 Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not
with God, for all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed
you.”
29 Jesus said, “Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left
house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,
or land, for my sake, and for the gospel’s sake, 30 but he will receive
one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers,
children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
31 But many who are first will be last; and the last first.”
32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in
front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He
again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to
happen to him. 33 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of
Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn
him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles. 34 They will mock him,
spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise
again.”
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying,
“Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”
36 He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
37 They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand,
and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
38 But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are
asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
39 They said to him, “We are able.”
Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and
you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
40 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give,
but for whom it has been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and
John.
42 Jesus summoned them, and said to them, “You know that they who are
recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great
ones exercise authority over them. 43 But it shall not be so among you,
but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
44 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of
all. 45 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and
to give his life as a ransom for many.”
46 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples
and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was
sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he
began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more,
“You son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.”
They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling
you!”
50 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
51 Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”
The blind man said to him, “Rhabboni,*2 that I may see again.”
52 Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
1 or,
the 2 Rhabboni is a transliteration of
the Hebrew word for “great teacher.”
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