¹He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan . Multitudes came together to him again . As he usually did , he was again teaching them .

²Pharisees came to him testing him , and asked him , “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife ?”

³He answered , “ What did Moses command you ?”

⁴They said , “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written , and to divorce her .”

⁵But Jesus said to them , “ For your hardness of heart , he wrote you this commandment .

⁶But from the beginning of the creation , God made them male and female .[#Genesis 1:27]

⁷For this cause a man will leave his father and mother , and will join to his wife ,

⁸and the two will become one flesh , so that they are no longer two , but one flesh .[#Genesis 2:24]

⁹What therefore God has joined together , let no man separate .”

¹⁰In the house , his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

¹¹He said to them , “ Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her .

¹²If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another , she commits adultery .”

¹³They were bringing to him little children , that he should touch them , but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them .

¹⁴But when Jesus saw it , he was moved with indignation and said to them , “Allow the little children to come to me ! Don’ t forbid them , for God ’s Kingdom belongs to such as these .

¹⁵Most certainly I tell you , whoever will not receive God ’s Kingdom like a little child , he will in no way enter into it .”

¹⁶He took them in his arms and blessed them , laying his hands on them .

¹⁷As he was going out into the way , one ran to him , knelt before him , and asked him , “Good Teacher , what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life ?”

¹⁸Jesus said to him , “ Why do you call me good ? No one is good except one — God .

¹⁹You know the commandments : ‘ Do not murder ,’ ‘ Do not commit adultery ,’ ‘ Do not steal ,’ ‘ Do not give false testimony ,’ ‘ Do not defraud,’ ‘ Honour your father and mother .’”[#Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20]

²⁰He said to him , “Teacher , I have observed all these things from my youth .”

²¹Jesus looking at him loved him , and said to him , “ One thing you lack . Go , sell whatever you have and give to the poor , and you will have treasure in heaven ; and come , follow me , taking up the cross.”

²²But his face fell at that saying , and he went away sorrowful , for he was one who had great possessions .

²³Jesus looked around and said to his disciples , “ How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God ’ s Kingdom!”

²⁴The disciples were amazed at his words . But Jesus answered again , “ Children , how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God ’s Kingdom!

²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through a needle ’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God ’s Kingdom.”

²⁶They were exceedingly astonished , saying to him , “Then who can be saved ?”

²⁷Jesus , looking at them , said , “ With men it is impossible , but not with God , for all things are possible with God .”

²⁸Peter began to tell him , “Behold , we have left all and have followed you .”

²⁹Jesus said , “Most certainly I tell you , there is no one who has left house , or brothers, or sisters, or father , or mother , or wife, or children , or land, for my sake , and for the sake of the Good News ,

³⁰but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time : houses , brothers, sisters, mothers , children , and land, with persecutions ; and in the age to come eternal life .

³¹But many who are first will be last , and the last first .”

³²They were on the way , going up to Jerusalem ; and Jesus was going in front of them , and they were amazed ; and those who followed were afraid . He again took the twelve , and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him .

³³“ Behold , we are going up to Jerusalem . The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes . They will condemn him to death , and will deliver him to the Gentiles .

³⁴They will mock him , spit on him , scourge him , and kill him . On the third day he will rise again .”

³⁵James and John , the sons of Zebedee , came near to him , saying , “Teacher , we want you to do for us whatever we will ask .”

³⁶He said to them , “ What do you want me to do for you ?”

³⁷They said to him , “Grant to us that we may sit , one at your right hand and one at your left hand , in your glory .”

³⁸But Jesus said to them , “ You don’ t know what you are asking . Are you able to drink the cup that I drink , and to be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with ?”

³⁹They said to him , “We are able .”

Jesus said to them , “ You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink , and you shall be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with ;

⁴⁰but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give , but for whom it has been prepared .”

⁴¹When the ten heard it , they began to be indignant towards James and John .

⁴²Jesus summoned them and said to them , “ You know that they who are recognised as rulers over the nations lord it over them , and their great ones exercise authority over them .

⁴³But it shall not be so amongst you , but whoever wants to become great amongst you shall be your servant .

⁴⁴Whoever of you wants to become first amongst you shall be bondservant of all .

⁴⁵For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve , and to give his life as a ransom for many .”

⁴⁶They came to Jericho . As he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude , the son of Timaeus , Bartimaeus, a blind beggar , was sitting by the road .

⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene , he began to cry out and say , “Jesus , you son of David , have mercy on me !”

⁴⁸Many rebuked him , that he should be quiet , but he cried out much more , “You son of David , have mercy on me !”

⁴⁹Jesus stood still and said , “ Call him .”

They called the blind man , saying to him , “Cheer up ! Get up . He is calling you !”

⁵⁰He , casting away his cloak , sprang up , and came to Jesus .

⁵¹Jesus asked him , “ What do you want me to do for you ?”

The blind man said to him , “Rabboni , that I may see again .”

⁵²Jesus said to him , “ Go your way . Your faith has made you well .” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way .