¹Then he arose from there and went to the districts of Judaea, through the far side of the Jordan, and again crowds flocked to him, and, as was his custom, he taught them again. ²And when some Pharisees arrived, they asked him, “Is it permitted for a husband to divorce his wife?” testing him. ³And he answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴Then they said, “Moses permitted us to write a deed of divorce and to divorce.” ⁵At this Jesus replied and said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you in view of your hardness of heart. ⁶But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. ⁷On account of this, a man will leave his father and his mother, and he will cleave to his wife, ⁸and the two will be one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹So let man not separate what God has paired together.” ¹⁰Then at home his disciples again asked him about the same thing, ¹¹and he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. ¹²And if a woman divorces her husband and marries someone else, she commits adultery.” ¹³Then they brought children to him, so that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them. For of such is the kingdom of God. ¹⁵Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a child will certainly not go into it.” ¹⁶Then he took them in his arms and put his hands on them and blessed them. ¹⁷Then as he was setting off on his way, a certain man ran up to him and knelt before him and asked him, “Good teacher, what should I do in order to inherit age-abiding life?” ¹⁸At this Jesus said to him, “Why do you say I am good? No-one is good except one, that is, God. ¹⁹You know the commandments. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not commit murder. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony. You shall not defraud. Honour your father and your mother.” ²⁰And he answered and said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth.” ²¹Then Jesus looked at him and felt brotherly love for him and said to him, “You lack one thing: go and sell what you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come and follow me and take up the cross.” ²²But he became crestfallen at the proposition and went away grieving, for he had many possessions. ²³Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “With what difficulty those who have money will go into the kingdom of God!” ²⁴Now the disciples were astounded at his words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how difficult it is for those trusting in money to go into the kingdom of God!” ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go in through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of God. ²⁶Then they were utterly amazed, and they said to themselves, “Who, then, can be saved?” ²⁷So Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God. For everything is possible with God.” ²⁸Peter went on to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹But Jesus answered and said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no-one who has left home, or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, ³⁰who will not receive a hundredfold now, in this season – houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the age to come, age-abiding life. ³¹For many who are first will be last, and who are last will be first.” ³²Now they were on their way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were astounded, and they were afraid as they were following. Then he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them about the things that would happen to him, ³³and he said, “Here we are going up to Jerusalem, and the son of man will be delivered up to the senior priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him to the Gentiles. ³⁴And they will mock him and scourge him and spit on him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.” ³⁵Then James and John the sons of Zebedee came to him and said, “Teacher, we would like you to do for us whatever we ask.” ³⁶He then said to them, “What would you like me to do for you?” ³⁷They then said to him, “Grant us to sit one on your right and one on your left in your glory.” ³⁸But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup which I drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹Then they said to him, “We can.” But Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup which I drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I am being baptized. ⁴⁰But to sit on my right and my left is not mine to give, but is for those for whom it has been prepared.” ⁴¹Then when the ten heard it, they began to become annoyed with James and John. ⁴²But Jesus called them to himself and said to them, “You know that those who are considered fit to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high-ranking people exercise authority over them. ⁴³But it will not be like this among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴and whoever of you wishes to be first must be the servant of all. ⁴⁵For indeed the son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” ⁴⁶Then they arrived in Jericho, and as he went out of Jericho, as did his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, who was blind, was sitting at the side of the road begging. ⁴⁷And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout and say, “Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me.” ⁴⁸At this many rebuked him telling him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.” ⁴⁹And Jesus stopped and ordered him to be called. So they called the blind man and said to him, “Take courage, get up; he is calling you.” ⁵⁰So he took off his coat and got up and went to Jesus. ⁵¹Then Jesus answered and said to him, “What would you like me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabbouni, to see again.” ⁵²Then Jesus said to him, “Off you go; your faith has cured you.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed Jesus on his way.

Reference(s) in Chapter 10: v.4 ↔ Deuteronomy 24:1 ● v.6 ↔ Genesis 1:27 ● v.7 ↔ Genesis 2:24 ● v.8 ↔ Genesis 2:24 ● v.19 ↔ Exodus 20:12-16, Deuteronomy 5:16-20.