10Mark 10

Jesus Teaches about Divorce

1Then Jesus left that place, went to the province of Judea, and crossed the Jordan River. Crowds came flocking to him again, and he taught them, as he always did.Select Mark 10:1

2Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. “Tell us,” they asked, “does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?”Select Mark 10:2

3Jesus answered with a question, “What law did Moses give you?”Select Mark 10:3

4Their answer was, “Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away.”Select Mark 10:4

5Jesus said to them, “Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach.Select Mark 10:5

6But in the beginning, at the time of creation, ‘God made them male and female,’ as the scripture says.Select Mark 10:6

7‘And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,Select Mark 10:7

8and the two will become one.’ So they are no longer two, but one.Select Mark 10:8

9No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together.”Select Mark 10:9

10When they went back into the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.Select Mark 10:10

11He said to them, “A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife.Select Mark 10:11

12In the same way, a woman who divorces her husband and marries another man commits adultery.”Select Mark 10:12

Jesus Blesses Little Children

13Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples scolded the people.Select Mark 10:13

14When Jesus noticed this, he was angry and said to his disciples, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Select Mark 10:14

15I assure you that whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”Select Mark 10:15

16Then he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on each of them, and blessed them.Select Mark 10:16

The Rich Man

17As Jesus was starting on his way again, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”Select Mark 10:17

18“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.Select Mark 10:18

19You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; do not cheat; respect your father and your mother.’”Select Mark 10:19

20“Teacher,” the man said, “ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”Select Mark 10:20

21Jesus looked straight at him with love and said, “You need only one thing. Go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”Select Mark 10:21

22When the man heard this, gloom spread over his face, and he went away sad, because he was very rich.Select Mark 10:22

23Jesus looked around at his disciples and said to them, “How hard it will be for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!”Select Mark 10:23

24The disciples were shocked at these words, but Jesus went on to say, “My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!Select Mark 10:24

25It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”Select Mark 10:25

26At this the disciples were completely amazed and asked one another, “Who, then, can be saved?”Select Mark 10:26

27Jesus looked straight at them and answered, “This is impossible for human beings but not for God; everything is possible for God.”Select Mark 10:27

28Then Peter spoke up, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”Select Mark 10:28

29“Yes,” Jesus said to them, “and I tell you that those who leave home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and for the gospel,Select Mark 10:29

30will receive much more in this present age. They will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—and persecutions as well; and in the age to come they will receive eternal life.Select Mark 10:30

31But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.”Select Mark 10:31

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

32Jesus and his disciples were now on the road going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of the disciples, who were filled with alarm; the people who followed behind were afraid. Once again Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and spoke of the things that were going to happen to him.Select Mark 10:32

33“Listen,” he told them, “we are going up to Jerusalem where 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 then hand him over to the Gentiles,Select Mark 10:33

34who will make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him; but three days later he will rise to life.”Select Mark 10:34

The Request of James and John

35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “there is something we want you to do for us.”Select Mark 10:35

36“What is it?” Jesus asked them.Select Mark 10:36

37They answered, “When you sit on your throne in your glorious Kingdom, we want you to let us sit with you, one at your right and one at your left.”Select Mark 10:37

38Jesus said to them, “You don't know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup of suffering that I must drink? Can you be baptized in the way I must be baptized?”Select Mark 10:38

39“We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink the cup I must drink and be baptized in the way I must be baptized.Select Mark 10:39

40But I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. It is God who will give these places to those for whom he has prepared them.”Select Mark 10:40

41When the other ten disciples heard about it, they became angry with James and John.Select Mark 10:41

42So Jesus called them all together to him and said, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the heathen have power over them, and the leaders have complete authority.Select Mark 10:42

43This, however, is not the way it is among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;Select Mark 10:43

44and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of all.Select Mark 10:44

45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”Select Mark 10:45

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus

46They came to Jericho, and as Jesus was leaving with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting by the road.Select Mark 10:46

47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!”Select Mark 10:47

48Many of the people scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”Select Mark 10:48

49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Cheer up!” they said. “Get up, he is calling you.”Select Mark 10:49

50So he threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.Select Mark 10:50

51“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. “Teacher,” the blind man answered, “I want to see again.”Select Mark 10:51

52“Go,” Jesus told him, “your faith has made you well.” At once he was able to see and followed Jesus on the road.Select Mark 10:52