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Mark Chapter 10 010:001 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.
010:002 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 010:003 He answered, "What did Moses command you?" 010:004 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her." 010:005 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
010:006 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.{Genesis 1:27} 010:007 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 010:008 and the two will become one flesh,{Genesis 2:24} so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 010:009 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." 010:010 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
010:011 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. 010:012 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery." 010:013 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. 010:014 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.
010:015 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it." 010:016 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them. 010:017 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?" 010:018 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one--God.
010:019 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} 010:020 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth." 010:021 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." 010:022 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. 010:023 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!" 010:024 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!
010:025 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." 010:026 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?" 010:027 Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God." 010:028 Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you." 010:029 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, 010:030 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.
010:031 But many who are first will be last; and the last first." 010:032 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. 010:033 "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.
010:034 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again." 010:035 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask." 010:036 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" 010:037 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." 010:038 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?" 010:039 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; 010:040 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared." 010:041 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.
010:042 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. 010:043 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant. 010:044 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all. 010:045 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." 010:046 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. 010:047 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!" 010:048 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!" 010:049 Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him." They called the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up.
He is calling you!" 010:050 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. 010:051 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni,{Rhabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."} that I may see again." 010:052 Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well." Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.