10Then Jesus left that place, went to the province of Judea, and crossed the Jordan River. Crowds came flocking to him again, and he taught them, as he always did.G2547G450G2547G2064G1519G3725G2449G1223G4008G2446G2532G3793G4848G4314G846G3825G2532G5613G1486G1321G846G38252Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. "Tell us," they asked, "does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"G2532G5330G4334G1905G846G1487G1832G435G630G1135G3985G8463Jesus answered with a question, "What law did Moses give you?"G1161G611G2036G846G5101G3475G1781G52134Their answer was, "Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away."G1161G2036G3475G2010G1125G975G647G2532G6305Jesus said to them, "Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach.G2532G2424G611G2036G846G4314G4641G5216G4641G1125G5213G5026G17856But in the beginning, at the time of creation, 'God made them male and female,' as the scripture says.G1161G575G746G2937G2316G4160G846G730G2532G23387'And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,G1752G5127G2641G444G2641G846G3962G2532G3384G2532G4347G4314G846G11358and the two will become one.' So they are no longer two, but one.G2532G1417G2071G1519G3391G4561G5620G1526G3765G1417G235G3391G45619No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together."G3739G3767G2316G4801G5563G3361G444G556310When they went back into the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.G2532G1722G3614G846G3101G1905G846G3825G4012G84611He said to them, "A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife.G2532G3004G846G3739G1437G630G846G1135G2532G1060G243G3429G1909G84612In the same way, a woman who divorces her husband and marries another man commits adultery."G2532G1437G1135G630G846G435G2532G1060G243G342913Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples scolded the people.G2532G4374G3813G846G2443G680G846G1161G3101G2008G437414When Jesus noticed this, he was angry and said to his disciples, "Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.G1161G2424G1492G23G2532G2036G846G863G3813G2064G4314G3165G2532G2967G846G3361G1063G5108G2076G932G231615I assure you that whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."G281G3004G5213G3739G1209G3362G1209G932G2316G5613G3813G1525G3364G1525G1519G84616Then he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on each of them, and blessed them.G2532G1723G846G1723G5087G5495G1909G846G2127G84617As Jesus was starting on his way again, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?"G2532G1607G1519G846G3598G4370G1520G4370G2532G1120G846G1905G846G18G1320G5101G4160G2443G2816G166G222218"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "No one is good except God alone.G1161G2424G2036G846G5101G3004G3165G18G3762G18G1508G1520G231619You know the commandments: 'Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; do not cheat; respect your father and your mother.' "G1492G1785G3431G3361G3431G5407G3361G5407G2813G3361G2813G5576G3361G5576G650G3361G5091G4675G3962G2532G338420"Teacher," the man said, "ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments."G1161G611G2036G846G1320G3956G5023G5442G1537G3450G350321Jesus looked straight at him with love and said, "You need only one thing. Go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me."G1161G2424G1689G846G25G846G2532G2036G846G1520G4671G5302G5217G4453G3745G2192G2532G1325G4434G2532G2192G2344G1722G3772G2532G1204G142G4716G190G342722When the man heard this, gloom spread over his face, and he went away sad, because he was very rich.G1161G4768G1909G3056G565G3076G1063G2192G2258G4183G293323Jesus looked around at his disciples and said to them, "How hard it will be for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!"G2532G2424G4017G3004G846G3101G4459G1423G2192G5536G1525G1519G932G231624The disciples were shocked at these words, but Jesus went on to say, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!G1161G3101G2284G1909G846G3056G1161G2424G611G3825G3004G846G5043G4459G1422G2076G3982G1909G5536G1525G1519G932G231625It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."G2076G2123G2574G1525G1330G1223G5168G4476G2228G4145G1525G1519G932G231626At this the disciples were completely amazed and asked one another, "Who, then, can be saved?"G1161G1605G4057G3004G4314G1438G2532G5101G1410G498227Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings but not for God; everything is possible for God."G1161G2424G1689G846G3004G3844G444G102G235G3756G3844G2316G1063G3844G2316G3956G2076G141528Then Peter spoke up, "Look, we have left everything and followed you."G2532G4074G756G3004G846G2400G2249G863G3956G2532G190G467129"Yes," Jesus said to them, "and I tell you that those who leave home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and for the gospel,G1161G2424G611G2036G281G3004G5213G2076G3762G3739G863G3614G2228G80G2228G79G2228G3962G2228G3384G2228G1135G2228G5043G2228G68G1700G1752G2532G209830will receive much more in this present age. They will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields - -and persecutions as well; and in the age to come they will receive eternal life.G3362G2983G1542G3568G1722G5129G2540G3614G2532G80G2532G79G2532G3384G2532G5043G2532G68G3326G1375G2532G1722G165G2064G166G222231But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first."G1161G4183G4413G2071G2078G2532G2078G441332Jesus and his disciples were now on the road going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of the disciples, who were filled with alarm; the people who followed behind were afraid. Once again Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and spoke of the things that were going to happen to him.G1161G2258G1722G3598G305G1519G2414G2532G2424G2258G4254G846G2532G2284G2532G190G5399G2532G3880G3825G1427G756G3004G846G3195G4819G84633"Listen," he told them, "we are going up to Jerusalem where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. They will condemn him to death and then hand him over to the Gentiles,G3754G2400G305G1519G2414G2532G5207G444G3860G749G2532G1122G2532G2632G846G2288G2532G3860G846G148434who will make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him; but three days later he will rise to life."G2532G1702G846G2532G3146G846G2532G1716G846G2532G615G846G2532G5154G2250G45035Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. "Teacher," they said, "there is something we want you to do for us."G2532G2385G2532G2491G5207G2199G4365G846G3004G1320G2309G2443G4160G2254G3739G1437G15436"What is it?" Jesus asked them.G1161G2036G846G5101G2309G3165G4160G521337They answered, "When you sit on your throne in your glorious Kingdom, we want you to let us sit with you, one at your right and one at your left."G1161G2036G846G1325G2254G2443G2523G1520G1537G4675G1188G2532G1520G1537G4675G2176G1722G4675G139138Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup of suffering that I must drink? Can you be baptized in the way I must be baptized?"G1161G2424G2036G846G1492G3756G5101G154G1410G4095G4221G3739G1473G4095G2532G907G908G3739G1473G90739"We can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup I must drink and be baptized in the way I must be baptized.G1161G2036G846G1410G1161G2424G2036G846G4095G3303G4095G4221G3739G1473G4095G2532G908G3739G1473G907G90740But I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. It is God who will give these places to those for whom he has prepared them."G1161G2523G1537G3450G1188G2532G1537G3450G2176G2076G3756G1699G1325G235G3739G209041When the other ten disciples heard about it, they became angry with James and John.G2532G1176G191G756G23G4012G2385G2532G249142So Jesus called them all together to him and said, "You know that those who are considered rulers of the heathen have power over them, and the leaders have complete authority.G1161G2424G4341G846G3004G846G1492G3754G1380G757G1484G2634G846G2532G846G3173G2715G84643This, however, is not the way it is among you. If one of you wants to be great, you must be the servant of the rest;G1161G3779G2071G3756G2071G1722G5213G235G3739G1437G2309G1096G3173G1722G5213G2071G5216G124944and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of all.G2532G3739G302G5216G2309G1096G4413G2071G1401G395645For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."G1063G2532G5207G444G2064G3756G1247G235G1247G2532G1325G846G5590G3083G473G418346They came to Jericho, and as Jesus was leaving with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting by the road.G2532G2064G1519G2410G2532G846G1607G575G2410G2532G846G3101G2532G2425G3793G5185G924G5207G5090G2521G3844G3598G431947When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!"G2532G191G3754G2076G2424G3480G756G2896G2532G3004G2424G5207G1138G1653G316548Many of the people scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G4183G2008G846G2443G4623G1161G2896G3123G4183G5207G1138G1653G316549Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man. "Cheer up!" they said. "Get up, he is calling you."G2532G2424G2476G2036G846G5455G2532G5455G5185G3004G846G2293G1453G5455G457150So he threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.G1161G577G846G2440G450G2064G4314G242451"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. "Teacher," the blind man answered, "I want to see again."G2532G2424G611G3004G846G5101G2309G4160G4671G1161G5185G2036G846G4462G2443G30852"Go," Jesus told him, "your faith has made you well." At once he was able to see and followed Jesus on the road.G1161G2424G2036G846G5217G4675G4102G4982G4571G4982G2532G2112G308G2532G190G2424G1722G3598
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