Mark - Chapter 10

Passage

And rising up from there, he comes into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; and the crowds gathered to him again, and as was his custom, he taught them again. And the Pharisees came to him and asked him, to test him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? But he answered them: What did Moses command you? They said: Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away. Jesus answered them: Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you that precept. But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cling to his wife. And the two shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. And in the house his disciples asked him again about the same thing. And he says to them: Whoever puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if the wife puts away her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. And they brought young children to him so that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them. When Jesus saw this, he was very displeased and says to them: Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child shall not enter into it. And embracing them and laying his hands on them, he blessed them. And as he was setting out on his way, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him: Good Master, what shall I do to receive life everlasting? And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother. But he answered him: Master, all these things I have kept since my youth. And Jesus, 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 shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. But he was saddened at that saying and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. And Jesus, looking around, says to his disciples: How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus says to them again: Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches 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. And they were even more amazed, saying among themselves: Who then can be saved? And Jesus, looking at them, says: With men it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God. And Peter began to say to him: Behold, we have left all things and have followed you. Jesus answered: Amen I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, Who shall 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 world to come, life everlasting. But many who are first shall be last, and the last, first. And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went ahead of them; and they were astonished, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve aside again, he began to tell them what would happen to him, Saying: Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients; and they shall condemn him to death and shall hand him over to the Gentiles. And they shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master, we want you to do for us whatever we ask. But he said to them: What do you want me to do for you? And they said: Grant that we may sit, one at your right hand and the other at your left, in your glory. And Jesus said to them: You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? And they said to him: We can. And Jesus says to them: You shall indeed drink the chalice that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. But to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to give you; it is for those for whom it is prepared. And when the ten heard it, they began to be very displeased with James and John. But Jesus called them and says to them: You know that those who seem to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their princes have power over them. But it is not so among you; whoever wants to be greater shall be your servant. And whoever wants to be first among you shall be the servant of all. For the Son of man also did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many. And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a very great crowd, Bartimeus the blind man, the son of Timeus, was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. And many rebuked him, telling him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stopped and ordered him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Take heart. Get up, he is calling you. Throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to him. And Jesus said to him: What do you want me to do for you? And the blind man said to him: Rabboni, that I may see. And Jesus says to him: Go your way. Your faith has made you whole. And immediately he saw, and followed him on the way.