Mark 10:1-31

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. And approaching, the Pharisees questioned him, testing him: "Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?" But in response, he said to them, "What did Moses instruct you?" And they said, "Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her." But Jesus responded by saying: "It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife. And these two shall be one in flesh. And so, they are now, not two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate." And again, in the house, his disciples questioned him about the same thing. And he said to them: "Whoever dismisses his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. And if a wife dismisses her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery." And they brought to him the little children, so that he might touch them. But the disciples admonished those who brought them. 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. Amen I say to you, whoever will not accept the kingdom of God like a little child, will not enter into it." And embracing them, and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them. 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?" But Jesus said to him, "Why call me good? No one is good except the one God. 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." But in response, he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth." 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." But he went away grieving, having been greatly saddened by the word. For he had many possessions. And Jesus, looking around, said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!" 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! 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." And they wondered even more, saying among themselves, "Who, then, can be saved?" And Jesus, gazing at them, said: "With men it is impossible; but not with God. For with God all things are possible." And Peter began to say to him, "Behold, we have left all things and have followed you." 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, 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. But many of the first shall be last, and the last shall be first."