CHAPTER 10
Then
Jesus left
that place
and went
into
the
region
of Judea,
beyond
the
Jordan.
Again
the crowds
came
to
Him
and
He taught
them,
as
was His custom.
They answered,
“Moses
permitted
a man to write his wife
a certificate
of divorce
and
send her away.”
So
He told
them,
“Whoever
divorces
his
wife
and
marries
another woman
commits adultery
against
her.
People were bringing
the little children
to Jesus
for
Him to place His hands
on them.
But
the
disciples
rebuked
those who brought them.
When Jesus
saw this,
He was indignant
and
told
them,
“Let
the
little children
come
to
Me,
and do not
hinder
them!
For
the
kingdom
of God
belongs
to
such as these.
Truly
I tell
you,
whoever
does not receive
the
kingdom
of God
like
a little child
will never enter
it.”
As
Jesus started
on
His
way,
a man
ran up
and
knelt before
Him.
“Good
Teacher,”
he asked,
“what
must I do
to
inherit
eternal
life?”
You know
the
commandments:
‘Do not
murder,
do not
commit adultery,
do not
steal,
do not
bear false witness,
do not
defraud,
and honor
your
father
and
mother.’”
Jesus
looked at
him,
loved
him,
and
said
to him,
“There is one thing
you
lack:
Go,
sell
everything
you have
and
give
to the
poor,
and
you will have
treasure
in
heaven.
Then
come,
follow
Me."
Then
Jesus
looked around
and said to
His
disciples,
“How
hard it is
for the
rich
to enter
the
kingdom
of God!”
And
the
disciples
were astonished
at
His
words.
But
Jesus
said
to them
again,
“Children,
how
hard
it is
to enter
the
kingdom
of God!
It is
easier
for a camel
to pass
through
the
eye
of a
needle
than for
a rich man
to enter
the
kingdom
of God.”
Jesus
looked at
them
and said,
“With
man
this is impossible,
but
not
with
God.
For
all things
are possible
with
God.”
“Truly
I tell
you,”
said
Jesus,
“no one
who
has left
home
or
brothers
or
sisters
or
mother
or
father
or
children
or
fields
for My sake
and
for
the
gospel
will fail to receive
a hundredfold
in
the
present
age—
houses
and
brothers
and
sisters
and
mothers
and
children
and
fields,
along with
persecutions—
and
to receive eternal
life
in
the
age
to
come.
As
they were
going up
the
road
to
Jerusalem,
Jesus
was
walking ahead of
them.
The disciples were filled with awe,
but
those who
followed
were afraid.
Again
Jesus took
the
Twelve aside
and began
to tell
them
what
was going
to happen
to Him:
“Look,
we are going up
to
Jerusalem,
and
the
Son
of Man
will be betrayed
to the
chief priests
and
scribes.
They will condemn
Him
to death
and
hand Him over
to the
Gentiles,
who will mock
Him
and
spit on
Him
and
flog Him
and
kill
Him.
And
after
three
days
He will rise again.”
Then
James
and
John,
the
sons
of Zebedee,
came
to Jesus
and declared,
“Teacher,
we want
You to do
for us
whatever
we ask.”
They answered,
“Grant
that
one
of us
may sit
at
Your right hand
and
the other
at
Your left
in
Your
glory.”
“You do not know
what
you are asking,”
Jesus
replied.
“Can you
drink
the
cup
I
will drink,
or
be baptized with
the
baptism
I will undergo?”
“We can,”
they answered.
“You will drink
the
cup
that
I
drink,”
Jesus
said,
“and
you will be baptized with
the
baptism
I undergo.
But
to sit
at
My
right
or
My left
is
not
Mine
to grant.
These places belong to those for whom
they have been prepared.”
So
Jesus
called them together
and said,
“You know
that
those
regarded as
rulers
of the
Gentiles
exercise lordship over
them,
and
their
superiors
exercise authority over
them.
But
it shall not be
this way
among
you.
Instead,
whoever
wants
to become
great
among
you
must be
your
servant,
For
even
the
Son
of Man
did not come
to be served,
but
to serve,
and
to give
His
life
as a ransom
for
many.”
Next,
they came
to
Jericho.
And
as Jesus
and
His
disciples
were leaving
Jericho
with
a large
crowd,
a blind
beggar
named Bartimaeus,
the
son
of Timaeus,
was sitting
by
the
road.
When
he heard
that
it was
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
he began
to cry out,
“Jesus,
Son
of David,
have mercy on
me!”
Many people
admonished
him
to
be silent,
but
he cried out
all
the louder,
“Son
of David,
have mercy on
me!”
Jesus
stopped
and said,
“Call
him.”
So
they called
the
blind man.
“Take courage!”
they said.
“Get up!
He is calling for
you.”
“What
do you want
Me to do
for you?”
Jesus
asked.
“Rabboni,”
said
the
blind man,
“I want to see again.”
“Go,”
said
Jesus,
“your
faith
has healed
you.”
And
immediately
he received his sight
and
followed
Jesus
along
the
road.