Mark 10
1 Leaving there, Jesus went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Crowds gathered around him again, and as he usually did, he taught them again.
2 Some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked whether a man is allowed to divorce his wife.
3 He replied, “What did Moses command you?”
4 They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 Jesus said to them, “Because your hearts were hard, he wrote this command for you.
6 But from the beginning of creation, he made them male and female.
7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.”
10 In the house, the disciples asked him about this again.
11 He said to them, “Whoever 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.”
13 People were bringing children to him so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked those bringing them.
14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like them.
15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
16 Taking them in his arms, he blessed them, laying his hands on them.
17 As he was setting out on the road, a man ran up to him, knelt before him, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to 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 replied, “Teacher, I have kept all these things since I was young.”
21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. He said, “One thing is missing for you: go, sell everything you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”
22 But he was dismayed by these words and went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the Kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God.”
26 They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “For people it is impossible, but not for God; because everything is possible for God.”
28 Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
29 Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, no one has left house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
30 without receiving a hundred times as much now, in this present age: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.
31 Many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, and those who followed him were afraid. He took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going 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 teachers of the Law. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles,
34 who will mock him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him. And after three days he will rise again.”
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36 He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
37 They replied, “Grant us that, in your glory, one of us may sit at your right and the other at your left.”
38 Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I drink, or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”
39 They said, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with;
40 but to sit at my right or my left is not mine to grant; it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.
42 Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the nations dominate them, and their leaders exercise authority over them.
43 But it must not be like that among you. Whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,
44 and whoever wants to be first among you will be the 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.”
46 They came to Jericho. As he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.
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.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart, get up; he is calling you.”
50 He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and went to Jesus.
51 Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied, “Rabboni, let me see again.”
52 Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” At once he could see again, and he followed him along the road.
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