Mark 10

¹And rising from there, he comes into the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds again gather around him, and as was his custom he again began teaching them.

²And some Pharisees approached and asked him whether it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife—testing him. ³He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?" ⁴They said, "Moses permitted writing a certificate of separation and divorcing her." ⁵But Jesus said to them, "It was because of your hard-heartedness that he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But from the beginning of creation, 'male and female he made them.' ⁷'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, ⁸and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. ⁹Therefore, what God has yoked together, let no human separate."

¹⁰And in the house again, the disciples were asking him about this. ¹¹And he says to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. ¹²And if she, having divorced her husband, marries another, she commits adultery."

¹³And people were bringing children to him so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴When Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me—stop hindering them—for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁵Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." ¹⁶And taking them in his arms, he blessed them, laying his hands on them.

¹⁷And as he was setting out on the road, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" ¹⁸Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹You 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.'" ²⁰He said to him, "Teacher, all these I have kept since my youth." ²¹Jesus, looking at him intently, 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—then come, follow me." ²²But his face fell at these words, and he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

²³And Jesus, looking around, says to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" ²⁴The disciples were astounded at his words. But Jesus, responding again, says to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." ²⁶They were utterly astonished, saying to one another, "Then who can be saved?" ²⁷Jesus, looking at them, says, "With humans it is impossible, but not with God—for all things are possible with God."

²⁸Peter began to say to him, "Look, we have left everything and followed you." ²⁹Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news ³⁰who will not receive a hundredfold now in this present time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life. ³¹But many who are first will be last, and the last first."

³²Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them, and they were amazed, and those following were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them what was about to happen to him: ³³"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴and they will mock him and spit on him and flog him and kill him, and after three days he will rise."

³⁵And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approach him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." ³⁶He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" ³⁷They said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." ³⁸Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am drinking, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am being baptized?" ³⁹They said to him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "The cup that I am drinking you will drink, and the baptism with which I am being baptized, you will be baptized with. ⁴⁰But to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give; it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

⁴¹When the ten heard this, they began to be indignant about James and John. ⁴²And summoning them, Jesus says to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones wield authority over them. ⁴³But it is not so among you. Rather, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴and whoever wants to be first among you must be slave of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom in exchange for many."

⁴⁶And they come to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road. ⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, "Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!" ⁴⁸Many were rebuking him, telling him to be silent, but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" ⁴⁹Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they call the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage! Get up, he is calling you." ⁵⁰Throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. ⁵¹And Jesus responded to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabbouni, let me see again." ⁵²And Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has healed you." And immediately he could see again, and he followed him on the road.