1And setting out from there, he came into the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds gathered to him again, and as was his custom, he taught them again.
2And some Pharisees came up to test him and asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3But he answered them, “What did Moses command you?”
4They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her.”
5But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.
6But from the beginning of creation, ‘He made them male and female.’
7‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
8and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10And in the house, the disciples asked him again about this matter.
11And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
13And people were bringing little children to him so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
14But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them. For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
15Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will by no means enter it.”
16And taking them in his arms, he blessed them, laying his hands on them.
17And as he was setting out on his way, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.”
19“You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”
20And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.”
21And Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”
22But he was dismayed by this word and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
23And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
24But the disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26And they were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”
27Jesus looked at them and said, “With people 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 say to 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 gospel’s sake,
30who will 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 to come, eternal life.
31But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.
32And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. And 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. 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.”
35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36And he 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.”
38But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
39They said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized you will be baptized;
40but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant with James and John.
42So Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43But it is not to be this way among you. Instead, 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 for many.”
46And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
47When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart! Get up; he is calling you.”
50And throwing off his cloak, he leaped up and came to Jesus.
51And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbouni, that I might see again.”
52And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has saved you.” And immediately he regained his sight and began to follow him on the way.
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