Mark 10

¹And from there, having risen up, He comes into the borders of Judea, and beyond the Jordan. And again crowds come together to Him, and as He had been accustomed, again He was teaching them.

²And having come, the Pharisees were questioning Him whether it is lawful for a husband to send away a wife—testing Him.

³And answering, He said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

⁴And they said, “Moses allowed us to write a roll of divorce and to send her away.”

⁵But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment;

⁶but from the beginning of creation, ‘He made them male and female.’

⁷‘On account of this a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

⁸and the two will be for one flesh,’ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

⁹Therefore what God has yoked together, let man not separate.”

¹⁰And in the house again, the disciples were questioning Him about this.

¹¹And He says to them, “Whoever shall send away his wife and shall marry another, he commits adultery against her.

¹²And if a woman, having divorced her husband, shall marry another, she commits adultery.”

¹³And they were bringing little children to Him so that He might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴And having seen, Jesus was indignant and said to them, “Permit the little children to come to Me; do not forbid them! For of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁵Truly I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall never enter into it.”

¹⁶And having taken them in His arms, He was blessing them, having laid the hands on them.

¹⁷And of Him going forth into the way, one having run up and having knelt down to Him was questioning Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do so that I may inherit eternal life?”

¹⁸And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except one—God.

¹⁹You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.”

²⁰And he was saying to Him, “Teacher, all these I kept from my youth.”

²¹And Jesus, having looked on him, loved him and said to him, “One thing to you is lacking: Go, sell as much as you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

²²And having been sad at the word, he went away grieving; for he was one having many possessions.

²³And having looked around, Jesus says to His disciples, “How difficultly those having riches will enter into the kingdom of God!”

²⁴And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus, answering, says to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God!

²⁵It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished, saying among themselves, “And who is able to be saved?”

²⁷Having looked on them, Jesus says, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

²⁸Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we left all and followed You.”

²⁹Jesus was saying, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the sake of the gospel

³⁰who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions—and in the age that is coming, eternal life.

³¹But many first will be last, and the last, first.”

³²And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on before them. And they were astonished, and those following were afraid. And having taken aside the Twelve again, He began to tell them the things being about to happen to Him:

³³“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death and will betray Him to the Gentiles.

³⁴And they will mock Him and will spit upon Him and will flog Him and will kill Him, and after three days He will rise again.”

³⁵And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to Him, saying to Him, “Teacher, we wish that You would do for us whatever we might ask You.”

³⁶And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

³⁷And they said to Him, “Give to us that one at Your right hand and one at Your left hand we might sit in Your glory.”

³⁸And Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

³⁹And they said to Him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.

⁴⁰But to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to give, but it is to those for whom it has been prepared.”

⁴¹And having heard, the ten began to be indignant about James and John.

⁴²And Jesus, having summoned them, says to them, “You know that those considered to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

⁴³But it is not thus among you. But whoever may want to become great among you, he will be your servant;

⁴⁴and whoever may want to be first among you, he will 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 for many.”

⁴⁶And they come to Jericho. And in His going out from Jericho—and His disciples and a large crowd—the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.

⁴⁷And having heard that it is Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and to say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁸And many were rebuking him that he should be silent. But much more he was crying out, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁹And having stood, Jesus said, “Call him.” And they call the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage! Rise up! He calls you.”

⁵⁰And having cast away his cloak, having leaped up, he came to Jesus.

⁵¹And answering him, Jesus says, “What do you desire that I may do for you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive sight.”

⁵²“And” Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has saved you.” And immediately he received his sight, and he was following Him on the road.