10Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.G2547G450G2547G2064G1519G3725G2449G1223G4008G2446G2532G3793G4848G4314G846G3825G2532G5613G1486G1321G846G38252Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"G2532G5330G4334G1905G846G1487G1832G435G630G1135G3985G8463"What did Moses command you?" he replied.G1161G611G2036G846G5101G3475G1781G52134They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."G1161G2036G3475G2010G1125G975G647G2532G6305"It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied.G2532G2424G611G2036G846G4314G4641G5216G4641G1125G5213G5026G17856"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'G1161G575G746G2937G2316G4160G846G730G2532G23387'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,G1752G5127G2641G444G2641G846G3962G2532G3384G2532G4347G4314G846G11358and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one.G2532G1417G2071G1519G3391G4561G5620G1526G3765G1417G235G3391G45619Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."G3739G3767G2316G4801G5563G3361G444G556310When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.G2532G1722G3614G846G3101G1905G846G3825G4012G84611He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.G2532G3004G846G3739G1437G630G846G1135G2532G1060G243G3429G1909G84612And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."G2532G1437G1135G630G846G435G2532G1060G243G342913People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.G2532G4374G3813G846G2443G680G846G1161G3101G2008G437414When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.G1161G2424G1492G23G2532G2036G846G863G3813G2064G4314G3165G2532G2967G846G3361G1063G5108G2076G932G231615I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."G281G3004G5213G3739G1209G3362G1209G932G2316G5613G3813G1525G3364G1525G1519G84616And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.G2532G1723G846G1723G5087G5495G1909G846G2127G84617As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"G2532G1607G1519G846G3598G4370G1520G4370G2532G1120G846G1905G846G18G1320G5101G4160G2443G2816G166G222218"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.G1161G2424G2036G846G5101G3004G3165G18G3762G18G1508G1520G231619You 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.'"G1492G1785G3431G3361G3431G5407G3361G5407G2813G3361G2813G5576G3361G5576G650G3361G5091G4675G3962G2532G338420"Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."G1161G611G2036G846G1320G3956G5023G5442G1537G3450G350321Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."G1161G2424G1689G846G25G846G2532G2036G846G1520G4671G5302G5217G4453G3745G2192G2532G1325G4434G2532G2192G2344G1722G3772G2532G1204G142G4716G190G342722At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.G1161G4768G1909G3056G565G3076G1063G2192G2258G4183G293323Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"G2532G2424G4017G3004G846G3101G4459G1423G2192G5536G1525G1519G932G231624The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!G1161G3101G2284G1909G846G3056G1161G2424G611G3825G3004G846G5043G4459G1422G2076G3982G1909G5536G1525G1519G932G231625It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."G2076G2123G2574G1525G1330G1223G5168G4476G2228G4145G1525G1519G932G231626The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"G1161G1605G4057G3004G4314G1438G2532G5101G1410G498227Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."G1161G2424G1689G846G3004G3844G444G102G235G3756G3844G2316G1063G3844G2316G3956G2076G141528Peter said to him, "We have left everything to follow you!"G2532G4074G756G3004G846G2400G2249G863G3956G2532G190G467129"I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospelG1161G2424G611G2036G281G3004G5213G2076G3762G3739G863G3614G2228G80G2228G79G2228G3962G2228G3384G2228G1135G2228G5043G2228G68G1700G1752G2532G209830will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.G3362G2983G1542G3568G1722G5129G2540G3614G2532G80G2532G79G2532G3384G2532G5043G2532G68G3326G1375G2532G1722G165G2064G166G222231But many who are first will be last, and the last first."G1161G4183G4413G2071G2078G2532G2078G441332They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him.G1161G2258G1722G3598G305G1519G2414G2532G2424G2258G4254G846G2532G2284G2532G190G5399G2532G3880G3825G1427G756G3004G846G3195G4819G84633"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,G3754G2400G305G1519G2414G2532G5207G444G3860G749G2532G1122G2532G2632G846G2288G2532G3860G846G148434who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise."G2532G1702G846G2532G3146G846G2532G1716G846G2532G615G846G2532G5154G2250G45035Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask."G2532G2385G2532G2491G5207G2199G4365G846G3004G1320G2309G2443G4160G2254G3739G1437G15436"What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.G1161G2036G846G5101G2309G3165G4160G521337They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory."G1161G2036G846G1325G2254G2443G2523G1520G1537G4675G1188G2532G1520G1537G4675G2176G1722G4675G139138"You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"G1161G2424G2036G846G1492G3756G5101G154G1410G4095G4221G3739G1473G4095G2532G907G908G3739G1473G90739"We can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,G1161G2036G846G1410G1161G2424G2036G846G4095G3303G4095G4221G3739G1473G4095G2532G908G3739G1473G907G90740but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared."G1161G2523G1537G3450G1188G2532G1537G3450G2176G2076G3756G1699G1325G235G3739G209041When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.G2532G1176G191G756G23G4012G2385G2532G249142Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.G1161G2424G4341G846G3004G846G1492G3754G1380G757G1484G2634G846G2532G846G3173G2715G84643Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,G1161G3779G2071G3756G2071G1722G5213G235G3739G1437G2309G1096G3173G1722G5213G2071G5216G124944and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.G2532G3739G302G5216G2309G1096G4413G2071G1401G395645For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."G1063G2532G5207G444G2064G3756G1247G235G1247G2532G1325G846G5590G3083G473G418346Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging.G2532G2064G1519G2410G2532G846G1607G575G2410G2532G846G3101G2532G2425G3793G5185G924G5207G5090G2521G3844G3598G431947When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G191G3754G2076G2424G3480G756G2896G2532G3004G2424G5207G1138G1653G316548Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"G2532G4183G2008G846G2443G4623G1161G2896G3123G4183G5207G1138G1653G316549Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you."G2532G2424G2476G2036G846G5455G2532G5455G5185G3004G846G2293G1453G5455G457150Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.G1161G577G846G2440G450G2064G4314G242451"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see."G2532G2424G611G3004G846G5101G2309G4160G4671G1161G5185G2036G846G4462G2443G30852"Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.G1161G2424G2036G846G5217G4675G4102G4982G4571G4982G2532G2112G308G2532G190G2424G1722G3598