The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Mark 10
1 He 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.
2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and
askedhim, “Is itlawfulfor amantodivorce
his wife?”
3 He answered, “What did Moses command you?”
4 They said, “Moses allowed a certificate
of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”
5 But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness
of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
6 But from the beginning of the creation,
God made them male and female.*
7 For this cause a man will leave his
father and mother, and will join to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh,* so
that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God has joined together,
let no man separate.”
10 In the house, his disciples asked him
again about the same matter.
11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces
his wife and marries another commits
adultery against her.
12 If a woman herself divorces her husband and
marries another, she commits adultery.”
13 They were bringing to him little children,
that he should touch them, but the
disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
14 But 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.
15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever
will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little
child, he will in no way enter into it.”
16 He took them in his arms and blessed
them, laying his hands on them.
17 As 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?”
18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me
good? No one is good except one—God.
19 You know the commandments: ‘Do
not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do
not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’
‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and
mother.’ ”*
20 He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed
all these things from my youth.”
21 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 will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
22 But his face fell at that saying, and he
went away sorrowful, for he was one who
had great possessions.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his
disciples, “How difficult it is for those who
have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”
24 The 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!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through a
needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter
into God’s Kingdom.”
26 They were exceedingly astonished,
saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”
27 Jesus, looking atthem, said, “Withmen
it is impossible, but not with God, for all
things are possible with God.”
28 Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we
have left all and have followed you.”
29 Jesus 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,
30 but 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.
31 But many who arefirst will be last, and
the last first.”
32 They 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.
34 They will mock him, spit on him,
scourge him, and kill him. On the third day
he will rise again.”
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we
want you to do for us whatever we will
ask.”
36 He said to them, “What do you want
me to do for you?”
37 They said to him, “Grant to us that we
may sit, one at your right hand and one at
your left hand, in your glory.”
38 But 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 baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
39 They said to him, “We are able.”
Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed
drink the cup that I drink, and you shall
be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with;
40 but to sit at my right hand and at my
left hand is not mine to give, but for whom
it has been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard it, they began to
be indignant toward James and John.
42 Jesus summoned them and said to
them, “You know that they who are
recognized as rulers over the nations lord it
over them, and their great ones exercise
authority over them.
43 But it shall not be so among you, but
whoever wants to become great among
you shall be your servant.
44 Whoever of you wants to become first
among you shall be bondservant of all.
45 For the Son of Man also came not to be
served but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many.”
46 They 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.
47 When he heard that it was Jesus the
Nazarene, he began to cry out and say,
“Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him, that he should be
quiet, but he cried out much more, “You
son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stood still and said, “Call him.”
They called the blind man, saying to him,
“Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
50 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up,
and came to Jesus.
51 Jesus asked him, “What do you want
me to do for you?” The blind man said
to him, “Rabboni,† that I may see again.”
52 Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your
faith has made you well.” Immediately
he received his sight and followed Jesus on
the way