UST MARK Chapter 10

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10 After that, Jesus and his apprentices left the town of Capernaum. They traveled to the region of Judea and to the east side of the Jordan River. Yet again, large groups of people assembled where Jesus was. Jesus instructed them, as he usually did.

2 Then some Pharisees came to Jesus and asked him, “Does our law allow a husband to divorce his wife?” They asked that in order to investigate him.

3 Jesus replied, “What did Moses include in our Law about this issue?”

4 They answered, “Moses allowed each husband to give his wife a document that states that he is divorcing her. Then, he could divorce her.”

5 Jesus told them, “Moses knew that you were unwilling to obey. That is why he included in the Law what you just said. 6 However, when God first created everything, as you can read in the Scriptures, he created people to be male and female. 7 You can also read in the Scriptures that that is why men, when they marry, no longer live with their parents, 8 and each husband and wife together become like one person. Consequently, each husband and wife are not like two different people any longer. Rather, they are like one person. 9 Since that is true, no one should divide people whom God has united.”

10 Later, when they were in a house again, the apprentices asked Jesus about what he had said. 11 Jesus told them, “When a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he sins against his first wife by disobeying what God commanded about being sexually faithful to one’s spouse. 12 Also, when a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she disobeys what God commanded about being sexually faithful to one’s spouse.”

13 Sometime later, some people took young children to Jesus. They wanted him to bless the children by touching them. However, the apprentices told them to stop. 14 When Jesus noticed what they were doing, he was very upset. He told his apprentices, “Allow the young children to come here. Do not stop them! I say that because they and people like them are part of God’s kingdom. 15 You must be like young children when you welcome God’s kingdom. That is the only way to participate in God’s kingdom. What I have said is true.” 16 Then Jesus hugged the young children. He blessed them by touching them.

17 One day, Jesus was walking along with his disciples. A certain person ran to where he was and bowed down before him. He said, “Instructor, you are a good person! What is something that I can do so that I will live with God forever?”

18 Jesus replied, “You should not so quickly call me a good person! God is the only one who is good. 19 But to answer your question, you know what God commanded: Do not murder others. Do not be sexually unfaithful to your spouse. Do not steal things. Do not speak what is untrue. Do not cheat people. Treat your parents respectfully.”

20 The man replied, “Instructor, I have obeyed all those things that God commanded ever since I was young.”

21 Then, Jesus looked at the man and cared for him. He said to the man, “There is one thing that you have not yet done. Go home and sell what you own. Give that money to poor people. If you do that, God will reward you in heaven. Then, come with me as my apprentice.”

22 However, the man was rich and did not want to lose what he owned. So, he was upset by what Jesus said. He felt very sad and left. 23 Then Jesus looked at his apprentices. He told them, “It is very hard for rich people to participate in God’s kingdom!”

24 What Jesus said surprised the apprentices. Jesus responded by saying again, “My dear apprentices, it is very hard to participate in God’s kingdom. 25 Large animals like camels cannot fit into very small spaces. However, it is even harder for rich people to participate in God’s kingdom.”

26 That greatly surprised the apprentices. They told Jesus, “It must be that God does not actually rescue anyone!”

27 Jesus looked directly at his apprentices. He said, “God can do anything! So, people cannot rescue themselves, but God can rescue them.”

28 Peter started to tell Jesus, “We left behind everything we had and went with you as your apprentices!”

29 Jesus replied, “What I am about to say is true. Some people leave behind houses, siblings, parents, children, or fields. They do that because they are my apprentices and because they believe the good news. 30 God will give those people many times what they left behind right now before he renews everything that he has made. He will give them houses, siblings, mothers, children, and fields. Also, people will hurt them. Further, God will enable them to live with him forever after he renews everything that he has made. 31 At that time, many people who are important right now will become unimportant. Many people who are unimportant right now will become important.”

32 Sometime later, Jesus and his apprentices were walking toward the city of Jerusalem. Jesus was walking ahead of them, which impressed them. However, the rest of the people with them were afraid. Then Jesus again spoke to his 12 representatives privately. He started to tell them about what people were going to do to him. 33 He said, “We are walking toward the city of Jerusalem! There, somebody will help the ruling priests and the teachers of the Jewish law arrest me, the Son of Man. They will decide that I am guilty and that someone should kill me. They will bring me to the non-Jewish authorities. 34 Those people will make fun of me, spit on me to insult me, beat me, and execute me. Then, three days after I die, I will live again.”

35 After that, Zebedee’s sons, James and John, came to Jesus. They said, “Instructor, we want you to do for us what we are about to request.”

36 Jesus replied, “What do you want me to do for you?”

37 They answered, “Please promise us that, when you are very great, you will honor us by having one of us sit at your right side and the other one sit at your left side.”

38 Jesus replied, “You do not realize what you have actually requested. Are you willing to suffer as I will soon suffer? Are you willing for people to hurt you as they will soon hurt me?”

39 They told Jesus, “Yes, we are willing to do those things.”

Then Jesus told them, “You will certainly suffer as I will soon suffer. People will certainly hurt you as they will soon hurt me. 40 However, I am not the one who chooses whom to honor by having them sit at my right side or at my left side. Rather, God has already chosen who will sit in those places.”

41 When the ten other apprentices learned what James and John had requested, they started to be very upset with them. 42 So, Jesus told his apprentices to come to him. He said to them, “You understand that the people whom the non-Jews allow to govern them dominate them. Further, important people among them control everyone else. 43 You must not behave like that. Rather, when one of you wants to be important, that person must serve the others. 44 Likewise, when one of you wants to be most important, that person must work for all the others. 45 You should behave like that because I, the Son of Man, am here to serve other people. I am not here so that other people will serve me. Indeed, I am going to die in order to free many people from their sins.”

46 Then, Jesus and his apprentices arrived at the city of Jericho. When they were leaving the city of Jericho along with a very large group of people, a man who could not see and who often asked others for money was sitting down next to the path. His name was Bartimaeus, and his father’s name was Timaeus. 47 He learned that Jesus from the town of Nazareth was there. So he started to shout, “Jesus, you who are a descendant of King David, please help me!”

48 Many people were scolding him to keep him quiet. However, he shouted even more loudly, “You who are a descendant of King David, please help me!”

49 Then, Jesus stopped walking. He told people, “Tell him to come over here!”

Those people spoke to Bartimaeus, the man who could not see. They said, “Do not worry! Jesus wants you to come to him. So, stand up and go to him!” 50 So Bartimaeus took off his outer garment and jumped up. Then, he hurried to Jesus.

51 Jesus asked him, “How would you like me to help you?”

Bartimaeus, the man who could not see, replied, “Teacher, I want to be able to see again!”

52 Jesus told him, “You can go on your way. Because you believed that I could heal you, you are now well.” As soon as Jesus said that, Bartimaeus could see again. Then, he began to walk with Jesus.

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