VIN(i)
1 Then he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3 "What did Moses command you?" he replied,
4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."
5 "It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction;
6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate.
10 When they were in the house, his disciples asked him again about this.
11 "Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."
13 Now people were bringing little children to Jesus for him to touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.
14 When Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
16 And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.
17 As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied, “No one is good except God alone.
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 answered, "Teacher, all these I have kept from my boyhood."
21 Jesus looking at him loved him and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go sell all that you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come follow me."
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great wealth.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
26 At this they were still more amazed, and said one to another, Who then can be saved?
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter said to him: "We have left all and followed you."
29 “Truly I tell you,” said Jesus, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
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 are first will be last; and the last first."
32 As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
33 "We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles,
34 And they will mock him and spit on him and flog him and kill him, and after three days he will rise."
35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."
36 "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.
37 They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory.”
38 "You know not what you are asking," said Jesus. "Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
39 And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
40 But to sit at My right or My left is not Mine to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant at James and John.
42 But Jesus called them to him, and said to them, You know that those who are regarded as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43 not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus) was sitting by the road.
47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
49 Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." Then they called the blind man and told him, "Courage! Get up, he is calling you."
50 Throwing off his cloak, Bartimaeus jumped up and came to Jesus.
51 “What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “I want to see again.”
52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.