10:1  Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

10:2  Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether He deemed it lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

10:3  And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?"

10:4  They said, "Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY."

10:5  But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

10:6  "But from the beginning of creation, God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE.

10:7  "FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

10:8  AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; for God no longer regards them as two, but one flesh.

10:9  "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

10:10  In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.

10:11  And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;

10:12  and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

10:13  And they brought children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

10:14  But when Jesus saw this, He became indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

10:15  "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."

10:16  And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.

10:17  As He set out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

10:18  And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? We can call no one good except God alone.

10:19  "You 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.'"

10:20  And he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up."

10:21  Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

10:22  But at these words he became sad, and he went away grieving, for he owned much property.

10:23  And Jesus, looking around, said to His disciples, "How hard will those who have wealth find it to enter the kingdom of God!"

10:24  The disciples became amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, "Children, how hard one finds it to enter the kingdom of God!

10:25  "We would find it easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

10:26  They felt even more astonished and said to Him, "Then who can receive salvation?"

10:27  Looking at them, Jesus said, "With people it seems impossible, but not with God; for all things God makes possible."

10:28  Peter began to say to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You."

10:29  Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake,

10:30  but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

10:31  "But many who arrived first will become last, and the last, first."

10:32  They traveled on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus walked on ahead of them; and they felt amazed, and those who followed feared. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what would happen to Him,

10:33  saying, "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and people will deliver the Son of Man to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles.

10:34  "They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again."

10:35  James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came up to Jesus, saying, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You."

10:36  And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?"

10:37  They said to Him, "Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory."

10:38  But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what ask. Can you drink the cup that I drink, or receive the baptism with which I have received?"

10:39  They said to Him, "We can." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall receive the baptism which I have received.

10:40  "But to sit on My right or on My left, this does not belong to me; but God has prepared those positions."

10:41  Hearing this, the ten began to feel indignant with James and John.

10:42  Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, "You know that those who receive recognition as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them.

10:43  "But it should not occur among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall become a servant;

10:44  and whoever wishes to become first among you shall make himself a slave of all.

10:45  "For even the Son of Man did not come to have someone serve him, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

10:46  Then they came to Jericho, and as He left Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road.

10:47  When he heard that Jesus the Nazarene had arrived, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

10:48  Many sternly told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

10:49  And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him here." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage, stand up! He calls for you."

10:50  Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus.

10:51  And answering him, Jesus said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!"

10:52  And Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.