Mark 10
Jesus Teaches about Divorce (10:1–12)
1 And having risen up from there, he comes through the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And the crowds again come together to him, and as again, as was his habit, he was teaching them. 2 And having come to him, they demanded of him, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” testing him. 3 But answering he said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4 And they said, “Moses permitted [a man] to write a divorce decree and to send her away.” 5 But Jesus said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote this commandment for you. 6 But from the beginning of creation he ‘made them male and female.’ 7 ‘Because of this, a man will leave his father and mother, 8 and the two will be one flesh,’ so that they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 Therefore, what God has united together, let no one separate.” 10 And in the house the disciples were asking him, once again, about this. 11 And he says to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Jesus Teaches about Children (10:13–16)
13 And they were bringing little children to him, so that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked them. 14 But having seen this, Jesus was angry and said to them, “Let the little children come to me—don’t stop them. The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Amen, I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter into it.” 16 And having hugged them, he was blessing them, having laid hands on them.
Jesus Teaches about Wealth (10:17–31)
17 Now as he went forth on the way, a man having run up to him and having knelt down, asked him, “Good teacher, what should I do so that I might inherit eternal life?” 18 But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not give false testimony. Do not defraud. Respect your father and mother.’” 20 But he said to him, “Teacher, all of these I have strictly obeyed from my youth.” 21 But Jesus, having looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing of yours is lacking: go, as much as you have—sell, and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.” 22 But he, his face falling at this saying, went away grieving, for he was one who had many possessions.
23 And having looked around, Jesus says to his disciples, “How hard it is for those having riches to enter into the kingdom of God!” 24 But the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again answering says to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God. 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of heaven.” 26 But they were extremely astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus, having looked at them, says, “With mortals it is impossible, but not with God. Indeed, all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left all things and are following you.” 29 Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for my sake and for the good news 30 who will not take a hundred times as much now in this time—homes and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and land, with persecution—and in the age which is coming, eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
A Third Prediction of Death (10:32–45)
32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus was going before them, and they were astonished. And those following were afraid. And having taken to him the Twelve again, he began to tell about the things that were 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 scriptorians. And they will condemn him to death, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles. 34 And they will mock him and spit on him and whip him and kill him, and after three days he will rise again.”
35 And Jacob and John, the sons of Zebedee, come up to him, saying to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you.” 36 But he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And they said to him, “Grant us that one of us will sit at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.” 38 But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I drink and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” 39 But they said to him, “We can!” But Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink, you will drink. And the baptism that I am baptized with, you will be baptized with. 40 But to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared.” 41 And having heard this, the ten began to be angry with Jacob and John. 42 And having called them to him, Jesus says to them, “You know that those recognized to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority/power over them. 43 But it is not this way 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 for the release of many.”
Jesus Heals another Blind Man (10:46–52)
46 And they come to Jericho. And as he was going out of Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the way. 47 And having heard that it is Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and to say, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!” 48 And many were rebuking him that he should be silent, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 And having stopped, Jesus commanded, “Call him.” And they call the blind man, saying to him, “Have courage—rise up! He is calling you.” 50 And having thrown off his cloak, having jumped up, he came to Jesus. 51 And answering him, Jesus says, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, that I may see.” 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go. Your trust has healed/saved you. And immediately he could see and followed him on the way.”
