Mark 10
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The Question of Divorce
1He # 10:1–12 Mt 19:1–2 set out from there and went to the region of Judea # 10:1 Lk 1:5 and across the Jordan. # 10:1 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 # 10:1 Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 them again.
2Some Pharisees # 10:2 Mk 7:3 came to test # 10:2 Jms 1:13 him, asking, “Is it lawful # 10:2 Jn 18:31 for a man to divorce # 10:2 Lv 21:7 his wife? ” # 10:2 1Pt 3:1
3He replied to them, “What did Moses # 10:3 Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 command you? ”
4They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers # 10:4 Mt 5:31 and send her away.” # 10:4 Dt 24:1,3
5But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts. # 10:5 Mk 16:14 6But from the beginning # 10:6 Jn 1:1; Ac 26:4 of creation # 10:6 Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14 God # 10:6 Other mss omit God made them male and female. # 10:6 Gn 1:27; 5:2,# 10:6 Gn 1:27; 5:2 7For this reason a man will leave # 10:7 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. # 10:7–8 Gn 2:24,# 10:7–8 Gn 2:24 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” # 10:9 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 # 10:11 1Pt 3:1 and marries # 10:11 1Tm 5:14 another commits adultery # 10:11 Mt 5:27–28 against her. 12Also, if she divorces her husband # 10:12 Mt 1:19 and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Blessing the Children
13People # 10:13–16 Mt 19:13–15; Lk 18:15–17 were bringing little children # 10:13 Lk 1:7 to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked # 10:13 2Tm 4:2 them. 14When Jesus saw it, he was indignant # 10:14 Lk 13:14 and said to them, “Let the little children come to me. # 10:14 Lk 14:26 Don’t stop # 10:14 1Co 14:39 them, because the kingdom of God # 10:14 Mk 1:15 belongs to such as these. 15Truly I tell you, # 10:15 Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 whoever does not receive # 10:15 Or not welcome,# 10:15 Ac 17:11 the kingdom of God like a little child # 10:15 Lk 1:7 will never enter it.” 16After taking them in his arms, he laid his hands on # 10:16 1Tm 5:22 them and blessed # 10:16 Gn 48:15 them.
The Rich Young Ruler
17As # 10:17–31 Mt 19:16–30; Lk 18:18–30 he was setting out on a journey, # 10:17 Mk 8:27 a man ran up, knelt down # 10:17 Mt 17:14; 27:29; Mk 1:40 before him, and asked him, “Good # 10:17 Gn 1:31 teacher, # 10:17 Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 what must I do to inherit # 10:17 Rv 21:7 eternal life? ” # 10:17 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. # 10:18 Ps 69:16 19You know the commandments: Do not murder; # 10:19 Mt 5:21 do not commit adultery; # 10:19 Mt 5:27–28 do not steal; # 10:19 Eph 4:28 do not bear false witness; # 10:19 Pr 6:19 do not defraud; # 10:19 1Co 6:7–8; 7:5; 1Tm 6:5; Jms 5:4 honor # 10:19 1Tm 5:3 your father and mother.” # 10:19 Ex 21:15,# 10:19 Ex 20:12–16; Dt 5:16–20
20He said to him, “Teacher, # 10:20 Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 I have kept all these from my youth.”
21Looking at him, Jesus loved him # 10:21 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, # 10:21 Mk 14:7; Rm 15:26 and you will have treasure # 10:21 2Co 4:7 in heaven. # 10:21 Mt 6:20; 13:44; Lk 12:33 Then come, # 10:21 Other mss add taking up the cross, and follow me.” # 10:21 Jn 8:12 22But he was dismayed by this demand, and he went away grieving, # 10:22 2Co 2:2 because he had many possessions. # 10:22 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 # 10:23 Ac 4:37; 8:18,20; 24:26 to enter the kingdom of God! ” # 10:23 Mk 1:15
24The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, # 10:24 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 # 10:25 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? ” # 10:26 Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8
27Looking at them, Jesus said, “With man it is impossible, # 10:27 Heb 6:4 but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”
28Peter # 10:28 Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32 began to tell him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
29 “Truly I tell you,” # 10:29 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, # 10:29 Mk 1:1; Php 1:5 30who will not receive a hundred times # 10:30 Lk 21:8 more, now at this time # 10:30 Lk 20:10 #— #houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions # 10:30 Mt 13:21 #— #and eternal life # 10:30 Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48 in the age to come. # 10:30 Mt 12:32; Lk 20:35; Eph 1:21; 2:7 31But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” # 10:31 Mk 9:35
The Third Prediction of His Death
32They # 10:32–34 Mt 20:17–19; Lk 18:31–34 were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, # 10:32 Ps 79:1; Mt 23:37 and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid. # 10:32 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. # 10:32 Jn 6:61 33“See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man # 10:33 Mk 2:10 will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, # 10:33 Mt 2:4 and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles, # 10:33–34 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 # 10:34 Mt 16:21; Ac 2:24 after three days.” # 10:34 Lk 9:22
Suffering and Service
35James # 10:35–45 Mt 20:20–28; Ac 12:2 and John, # 10:35 Jn 21:7 the sons of Zebedee, # 10:35 Jn 21:2 approached him and said, “Teacher, # 10:35 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.” # 10:37 Mt 19:28; Lk 9:26
38Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. # 10:38 Jn 11:22 Are you able to drink the cup # 10:38 Ps 75:8 I drink or to be baptized with the baptism # 10:38 Lk 12:50; Ac 22:16 I am baptized with? ” # 10:38 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. # 10:39 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. # 10:41 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 # 10:42 Ac 19:16; 1Pt 5:3 them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. 43But it is not so among you. # 10:43 Mk 9:35; 10:45 On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, # 10:43–44 Lk 22:26 44and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all. # 10:44 Mt 10:24; Php 2:7; Rv 1:1 45For even the Son of Man # 10:45 Mk 2:10 did not come to be served, but to serve, # 10:45 Jn 13:13–15; Php 2:7 and to give his life # 10:45 Jn 6:51; 10:15; Gl 2:20 as a ransom # 10:45 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,# 10:45 Is 52:13–53:12; Mt 20:28
A Blind Man Healed
46They # 10:46–52 Mt 20:29–34; Lk 18:35–43 came to Jericho. # 10:46 Nm 22:1 And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind # 10:46 Mt 15:14 beggar, # 10:46 Jn 9:8 was sitting by the road. # 10:46 Mk 8:27 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, # 10:47 Mk 14:67 he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, # 10:47 2Ch 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3 have mercy # 10:47 Mt 5:7; Mk 5:19; Lk 1:50 on me! ” # 10:47 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, # 10:48 Mk 10:47 Son of David! ”
49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! # 10:49 Jn 16:33 Get up; he’s calling for you.” 50He threw off his coat, # 10:50 Lk 19:36 jumped up, and came to Jesus.
51Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want # 10:51 Mk 1:40 me to do for you? ”
“Rabboni,” # 10:51 Hb word for my lord,# 10:51 Jn 20:16 the blind man said to him, “I want to see.”
52Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has saved you.” # 10:52 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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