Mark 10
Divorce
“JESUS then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to HIM, and as was HIS custom,
H E taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came and
tested HIM by asking, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’
3 ‘What did Moses command you?’ HE replied.
4 They said, ‘Moses permitted a man to
write a certificate of divorce and send her away.’
5 ‘It was because your hearts were hard that Moses
wrote you this law,’ JESUS replied.
6’But at the beginning of creation GOD ‘made them male
and female.’
7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother
and be united to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh.’
So
they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what GOD has joined together, let no one separate.’
10 When they were in the house again,
the disciples asked JESUS
about this.
11 HE answered, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman
commits adultery against her.
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another
man, she commits adultery.’
The
Little Children and JESUS
13 People were bringing little children
to JESUS for
HIM to place HIS hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.
14 When JESUS saw this, HE was indignant. HE
said to them,
‘Let
the little children come to ME, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of GOD
belongs to such as these.
15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the
kingdom of GOD like a little child will never enter it.’
16 And
HE took the children in HIS arms, placed HIS hands on them and blessed
them.
The
Rich and the Kingdom of GOD
17 As JESUS started on HIS way, a man ran up
to HIM and fell on his knees before HIM.
‘GOOD TEACHER,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to
inherit ETERNAL LIFE?’
18 ‘Why do you call ME GOOD?’ JESUS answered. ‘No one is GOOD—except GOD ALONE.
19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you
shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false
testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’
20 ‘TEACHER,’ he declared, ‘all these I have kept
since I was a boy.’
21 JESUS looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ HE said. ‘Go,
sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have TREASURE IN HEAVEN. Then
come, follow ME.’
22 At this the man’s face fell. He
went away sad, because he had great wealth.
23 JESUS
looked around and said to HIS disciples, ‘How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of GOD!’
24 The disciples were amazed at HIS
words. But JESUS
said again, ‘Children,
how hard it is to enter the kingdom of GOD!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of GOD.’
26 The disciples were even more
amazed, and said to each other, ‘Who then can be saved?’
27 JESUS
looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but not with GOD; ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.’
28 Then Peter spoke up, ‘We have left
everything to follow YOU!’
29 ‘Truly I tell you,’ JESUS
replied, ‘no
one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or
fields for ME and THE
GOSPEL
30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in
this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along
with persecutions—and in the age to come ETERNAL LIFE.
31 But many who are first will be last, and the last
first.’
JESUS
Predicts His Death a Third Time
32 They were on their way up to
Jerusalem, with JESUS
leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed
were afraid. Again HE took the Twelve aside and told them what was going
to happen to HIM.
33 ‘We are going up to Jerusalem, HE said, ‘and THE SON OF MAN will be delivered over to the chief
priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn HIM to death and
will hand HIM over to the Gentiles,
34 who will mock HIM and spit on HIM, flog HIM and
kill HIM . Three days later HE will rise.’
The
Request of James and John
35 Then James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, came to HIM. ‘TEACHER’,
they said, ‘we want YOU to do for us whatever we ask.’
36 ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ HE asked.
37 They replied, ‘Let one of us sit
at YOUR right and the other at YOUR left in YOUR glory.’
38 ‘You don’t know what you are asking,’ JESUS said.
‘Can
you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized
with?’
39 ‘We can,’ they answered.
JESUS said to them, ‘You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with
the baptism I am baptized with,
40 but to sit at MY right or left is not for ME to grant.
These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.’
41 When the ten heard about this,
they became indignant with James and John.
42 JESUS
called them together and said, ‘You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles
lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great
among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.
45 For even THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE HIS
LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY.’
Blind
Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46 Then they came to Jericho. As JESUS and HIS
disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man,
Bartimaeus (which means ‘son of Timaeus’), was sitting by the roadside begging.
47 When he heard that it was JESUS OF NAZARETH, he
began to shout, ‘JESUS,
SON OF DAVID, have mercy on me!’
48 Many rebuked him and told him to
be quiet, but he shouted all the more, ‘SON OF DAVID, have mercy on me!’
49 JESUS
stopped and said, ‘Call
him.’
So
they called to the blind man, ‘Cheer up! On your feet! HE’s calling you.’
50 Throwing
his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to JESUS.
51 ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ JESUS asked him.
The
blind man said, ‘RABBI, I
want to see.’
52 ‘Go,’ said JESUS, ‘your faith has healed you.’ Immediately he received his
sight and followed JESUS
along the road.”
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