Mark 10
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The Question of Divorce
1He#Mt 19:1–2 set out from there and went to the region of Judea#Lk 1:5 and across the Jordan.#Mt 4:15,25; Lk 3:3; Jn 1:28; 3:26; 10:40 Then crowds converged on him again, and as was his custom he taught#Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 them again.
2Some Pharisees#Mk 7:3 came to test#Jms 1:13 him, asking, “Is it lawful#Jn 18:31 for a man to divorce#Lv 21:7 his wife?” #1Pt 3:1
3He replied to them, “What did Moses#Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 command you?”
4They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers#Mt 5:31 and send her away.”#Dt 24:1,3
5But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts. #Mk 16:14 6But from the beginning#Jn 1:1; Ac 26:4 of creation#Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14 God#10:6 Other mss omit God made them male and female.#10:6Gn 1:27; 5:2#Gn 1:27; 5:2 7For this reason a man will leave #Lk 15:4 his father and mother #10:7 Some mss add and be joined to his wife 8and the two will become one flesh.#10:7–8Gn 2:24#Gn 2:24 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”#1Co 7:10–15; Heb 7:26
10When they were in the house again, the disciples questioned him about this matter. 11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife#1Pt 3:1 and marries#1Tm 5:14 another commits adultery#Mt 5:27–28 against her. 12Also, if she divorces her husband#Mt 1:19 and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Blessing the Children
13People#Mt 19:13–15; Lk 18:15–17 were bringing little children#Lk 1:7 to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked#2Tm 4:2 them. 14When Jesus saw it, he was indignant#Lk 13:14 and said to them, “Let the little children come to me.#Lk 14:26 Don’t stop#1Co 14:39 them, because the kingdom of God#Mk 1:15 belongs to such as these. 15Truly I tell you, #Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 whoever does not receive#10:15 Or not welcome#Ac 17:11 the kingdom of God like a little child#Lk 1:7 will never enter it.” 16After taking them in his arms, he laid his hands on#1Tm 5:22 them and blessed#Gn 48:15 them.
The Rich Young Ruler
17As#Mt 19:16–30; Lk 18:18–30 he was setting out on a journey,#Mk 8:27 a man ran up, knelt down#Mt 17:14; 27:29; Mk 1:40 before him, and asked him, “Good#Gn 1:31 teacher,#Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 what must I do to inherit#Rv 21:7 eternal life?” #Lk 10:25–28; Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48
18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.#Ps 69:16 19You know the commandments: Do not murder;#Mt 5:21 do not commit adultery;#Mt 5:27–28 do not steal;#Eph 4:28 do not bear false witness;#Pr 6:19 do not defraud;#1Co 6:7–8; 7:5; 1Tm 6:5; Jms 5:4 honor#1Tm 5:3 your father and mother.”#10:19Ex 20:12–16; Dt 5:16–20#Ex 21:15
20He said to him, “Teacher,#Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 I have kept all these from my youth.”
21Looking at him, Jesus loved him#Lk 6:35; 2Th 2:13; Heb 12:6 and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor,#Mk 14:7; Rm 15:26 and you will have treasure#2Co 4:7 in heaven.#Mt 6:20; 13:44; Lk 12:33 Then come,#10:21 Other mss add taking up the cross, and follow me.”#Jn 8:12 22But he was dismayed by this demand, and he went away grieving,#2Co 2:2 because he had many possessions.#Ac 2:45; 5:1
Possessions and the Kingdom
23Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth#Ac 4:37; 8:18,20; 24:26 to enter the kingdom of God!” #Mk 1:15
24The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children,#Lk 1:7 how hard it is#10:24 Other mss add for those trusting in wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich#Gn 24:35; Rv 2:9 person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26They were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?” #Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8
27Looking at them, Jesus said, “With man it is impossible,#Heb 6:4 but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”
28Peter#Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32 began to tell him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
29 “Truly I tell you,” #
Rv 22:21
Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father#10:29 Other mss add or wife or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,#Mk 1:1; Php 1:5 30who will not receive a hundred times#Lk 21:8 more, now at this time#Lk 20:10 — houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions#Mt 13:21 — and eternal life#Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48 in the age to come.#Mt 12:32; Lk 20:35; Eph 1:21; 2:7 31But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”#Mk 9:35
The Third Prediction of His Death
32They#Mt 20:17–19; Lk 18:31–34 were on the road, going up to Jerusalem,#Ps 79:1; Mt 23:37 and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid.#Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7 Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.#Jn 6:61 33“See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man#Mk 2:10 will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes,#Mt 2:4 and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles,#Mk 8:31; 9:31 34and they will mock him, spit on him, flog#10:34 Or scourge him, and kill him, and he will rise#Mt 16:21; Ac 2:24 after three days.”#Lk 9:22
Suffering and Service
35James#Mt 20:20–28; Ac 12:2 and John,#Jn 21:7 the sons of Zebedee,#Jn 21:2 approached him and said, “Teacher,#Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 we want you to do whatever we ask you.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.
37They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”#Mt 19:28; Lk 9:26
38Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking.#Jn 11:22 Are you able to drink the cup#Ps 75:8 I drink or to be baptized with the baptism#Lk 12:50; Ac 22:16 I am baptized with?” #Lk 12:50; Rm 6:3; 2Co 4:10–11; Gl 2:20
39“We are able,” they told him.
Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.#Ac 12:2; Rv 1:9 40But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.#Jn 21:7 42Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over#Ac 19:16; 1Pt 5:3 them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. 43But it is not so among you.#Mk 9:35; 10:45 On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,#Lk 22:26 44and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.#Mt 10:24; Php 2:7; Rv 1:1 45For even the Son of Man#Mk 2:10 did not come to be served, but to serve,#Jn 13:13–15; Php 2:7 and to give his life#Jn 6:51; 10:15; Gl 2:20 as a ransom#Lv 27:31; Ps 49:8; Mt 26:28; Eph 1:7 for many.”#10:45 Or in the place of many; Is 53:10–12#Is 52:13–53:12; Mt 20:28
A Blind Man Healed
46They#Mt 20:29–34; Lk 18:35–43 came to Jericho.#Nm 22:1 And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind#Mt 15:14 beggar,#Jn 9:8 was sitting by the road.#Mk 8:27 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,#Mk 14:67 he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David,#2Ch 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3 have mercy#Mt 5:7; Mk 5:19; Lk 1:50 on me!” #Mt 15:22; 17:15; Mk 10:48; Lk 16:24 48Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me,#Mk 10:47 Son of David!”
49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage!#Jn 16:33 Get up; he’s calling for you.” 50He threw off his coat,#Lk 19:36 jumped up, and came to Jesus.
51Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want#Mk 1:40 me to do for you?”
“Rabboni,” # 10:51 Hb word for my lord #
Jn 20:16
the blind man said to him, “I want to see.”
52Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has saved you.”#Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56; Lk 5:20 Immediately he could see and began to follow Jesus on the road.
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Mark 10
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1 And rising up, he went from there into the area of Judea beyond the Jordan. And again, the crowd came together before him. And just as he was accustomed to do, again he taught them.
2 And approaching, the Pharisees questioned him, testing him: "Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?"
3 But in response, he said to them, "What did Moses instruct you?"
4 And they said, "Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her."
5 But Jesus responded by saying: "It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you.
6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
7 Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.
8 And these two shall be one in flesh. And so, they are now, not two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate."
10 And again, in the house, his disciples questioned him about the same thing.
11 And he said to them: "Whoever dismisses his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
12 And if a wife dismisses her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery."
13 And they brought to him the little children, so that he might touch them. But the disciples admonished those who brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw this, he took offense, and he said to them: "Allow the little ones to come to me, and do not prohibit them. For of such as these is the kingdom of God.
15 Amen I say to you, whoever will not accept the kingdom of God like a little child, will not enter into it."
16 And embracing them, and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.
17 And when he had departed on the way, a certain one, running up and kneeling before him, asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do, so that I may secure eternal life?"
18 But Jesus said to him, "Why call me good? No one is good except the one God.
19 You know the precepts: "Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not speak false testimony. Do not deceive. Honor your father and mother."
20 But in response, he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."
21 Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: "One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."
22 But he went away grieving, having been greatly saddened by the word. For he had many possessions.
23 And Jesus, looking around, said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!"
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus, answering again, said to them: "Little sons, how difficult it is for those who trust in money to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the rich to enter into the kingdom of God."
26 And they wondered even more, saying among themselves, "Who, then, can be saved?"
27 And Jesus, gazing at them, said: "With men it is impossible; but not with God. For with God all things are possible."
28 And Peter began to say to him, "Behold, we have left all things and have followed you."
29 In response, Jesus said: "Amen I say to you, There is no one who has left behind house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, for my sake and for the Gospel,
30 who will not receive one hundred times as much, now in this time: houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land, with persecutions, and in the future age eternal life.
31 But many of the first shall be last, and the last shall be first."
32 Now they were on the way ascending to Jerusalem. And Jesus went ahead of them, and they were astonished. And those following him were afraid. And again, taking aside the twelve, he began to tell them what was about to happen to him.
33 "For behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be handed over to the leaders of the priests, and to the scribes, and the elders. 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 scourge him, and put him to death. And on the third day, he will rise again."
35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, drew near to him, saying, "Teacher, we wish that whatever we will ask, you would do for us."
36 But he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
37 And they said, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your glory."
38 But Jesus said to them: "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the chalice from which I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized?"
39 But they said to him, "We can." Then Jesus said to them: "Indeed, you shall drink from the chalice, from which I drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism, with which I am to be baptized.
40 But to sit at my right, or at my left, is not mine to give to you, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
41 And the ten, upon hearing this, began to be indignant toward James and John.
42 But Jesus, calling them, said to them: "You know that those who seem to be leaders among the Gentiles dominate them, and their leaders exercise authority over them.
43 But it is not to be this way among you. Instead, whoever would become greater shall be your minister;
44 and whoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all.
45 So, too, the Son of man has not come so that they would minister to him, but so that he would minister and would give his life as a redemption for many."
46 And they went to Jericho. And as he was setting out from Jericho with his disciples and a very numerous multitude, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind man, sat begging beside the way.
47 And when he had heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and to say, "Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me."
48 And many admonished him to be quiet. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, take pity on me."
49 And Jesus, standing still, instructed him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying to him: "Be at peace. Arise. He is calling you."
50 And casting aside his garment, he leapt up and went to him.
51 And in response, Jesus said to him, "What do you want, that I should do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Master, that I may see."
52 Then Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has made you whole." And immediately he saw, and he followed him on the way.
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