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1 Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and to the area beyond the Jordan River, and the crowds came to him again. He was teaching them again, as he was accustomed to do.
2 Then Pharisees came to him to test him and asked him, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”
3 He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
4 They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and then to send her away.”
5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment to you because of your hardness of heart.
6 But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
10 When they were in the house, the disciples asked him again about this.
11 So he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
13 Then they brought little children to him so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
14 But when Jesus noticed it, he was very displeased and said to them, “Permit the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to those who are like them.
15 Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will definitely not enter into it.”
16 Then he took the children into his arms and blessed them as he placed his hands on them.
17 When he started on his journey, a man ran up to him and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do in order to inherit eternal life?”
18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not testify falsely, do not defraud, honor your father and mother’.”
20 But the man said to him, “Teacher, all these things I have obeyed from my youth.”
21 Then Jesus looked at him and loved him. So he said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell all that you have, and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 But he became very sad at this statement, and went away grieving, because he was one who had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered and said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”
26 They were greatly astonished, saying to each other, “Then who can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter began to speak to him, “Look, we have left everything and have followed you.”
29 Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel,
30 who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time: houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.
31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, and those who were following behind were afraid. Then Jesus took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.
33 “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and deliver him to the Gentiles.
34 They will mock him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him, but after three days he will rise.”
35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him, saying to him, “Teacher, we desire that you to do for us whatever we ask you.”
36 So he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
37 They said to him, “Grant to us that we might sit in your glory, one at your right hand and one at your left hand.”
38 But Jesus replied to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I will drink or to be baptized with the baptism with which I will be baptized?”
39 They said to him, “We are able.” So Jesus said to them, “The cup that I will drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized.
40 But to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41 When the other ten disciples heard about this, they began to be very angry with James and John.
42 Then Jesus called them to himself and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
43 But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever wishes to be first among you must be the slave of all.
45 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.”
46 Then they came to Jericho. As he was going out from Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout and to say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked the blind man in order to silence him. But he cried out much more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Then Jesus stopped and commanded him to be called. So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage! Get up! He is calling you.”
50 He threw aside his coat, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
51 Then Jesus answered him and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabbi, I want to receive my sight.”
52 Then Jesus said to him, “Go. Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight, and he followed him on the road.
The Gospel of Mark