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¹And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan , and crowds gathered to him again . And again , as was his custom , he taught them .

²And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked , Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife ?

³He answered them , What did Moses command you ?

⁴They said , Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away .

⁵And Jesus said to them , Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment .

⁶But from the beginning of creation , God made them male and female .

⁷Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife ,

⁸and the two shall become one flesh . So they are no longer two but one flesh .

⁹What therefore God has joined together , let not man separate .

¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.

¹¹And he said to them , Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her ,

¹²and if she divorces her husband and marries another , she commits adultery .

¹³And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them , and the disciples rebuked them .

¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them , Let the children come to me ; do not hinder them , for to such belongs the kingdom of God .

¹⁵Truly , I say to you , whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it .

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

¹⁷And as he was setting out on his journey , a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him , Good Teacher , what must I do to inherit eternal life ?

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

¹⁹You know the commandments : Do not murder , Do not commit adultery , Do not steal , Do not bear false witness , Do not defraud , Honor your father and mother .

²⁰And he said to him , Teacher , all these I have kept from my youth .

²¹And Jesus , looking at him , loved him , and said to him , You lack one thing : go , sell all that you have and give to the poor , and you will have treasure in heaven ; and come , follow me .

²²Disheartened by the saying , he went away sorrowful , for he had great possessions .

²³And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples , How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God !

²⁴And the disciples were amazed at his words . But Jesus said to them again , Children , how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God !

²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God .

²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished , and said to him , Then who can be saved ?

²⁷Jesus looked at them and said , With man it is impossible , but not with God . For all things are possible with God .

²⁸Peter began to say to him , See , we have left everything and followed you .

²⁹Jesus 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 ,

³⁰who will not receive a hundredfold 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 .

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

³²And they were on the road , going up to Jerusalem , and Jesus was walking ahead of them . And they were amazed , and those who followed were afraid . And taking the twelve again , he began to tell them what was to happen to him ,

³³saying , See , we are going up to Jerusalem , and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes , and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles .

³⁴And they will mock him and spit on him , and flog him and kill him . And after three days he will rise .

³⁵And James and John , the sons of Zebedee , came up to him and said to him , Teacher , we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you .

³⁶And he said to them , What do you want me to do for you ?

³⁷And they said to him , Grant us to sit , one at your right hand and one at your left , in your glory .

³⁸Jesus said to them , You do not know what you are asking . Are you able to drink the cup that I drink , or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized ?

³⁹And they said to him , We are able . And Jesus said to them , The cup that I drink you will drink , and with the baptism with which I am baptized , you will be baptized ,

⁴⁰but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant , but it is for those for whom it has been prepared .

⁴¹And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John .

⁴²And Jesus called them to him and said to them , You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them , and their great ones exercise authority over them .

⁴³But it shall not be so among you . But whoever would be great among you must be your servant ,

⁴⁴and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all .

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

⁴⁶And they came to Jericho . And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd , Bartimaeus , a blind beggar , the son of Timaeus , was sitting by the roadside .

⁴⁷And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth , he began to cry out and say , Jesus , Son of David , have mercy on me !

⁴⁸And many rebuked him , telling him to be silent . But he cried out all the more , Son of David , have mercy on me !

⁴⁹And Jesus stopped and said , Call him . And they called the blind man , saying to him , Take heart . Get up ; he is calling you .

⁵⁰And throwing off his cloak , he sprang up and came to Jesus .

⁵¹And Jesus said to him , What do you want me to do for you ? And the blind man said to him , Rabbi , let me recover my sight .

⁵²And Jesus said to him , Go your way ; your faith has made you well . And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way .