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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. Genesis 1:27 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, Genesis 2:24 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 God’s
Kingdom belongs to such as these. 15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever
will not receive God’s Kingdom 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.’” Exodus 20:12-16;
Deuteronomy 5:16-20
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 God’s Kingdom!”
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 God’s Kingdom! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through a
needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
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 certainly 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 sake of the Good News,
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 nations 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, “Rabboni, 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 on
the way.
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