Chapter Ten
And rising from there he comes into the borders of Judaea on the other side of the Jordan. And again crowds come together to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them. And coming to him, the Pharisees asked him if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him.
But he answering said to them,
“What did Moses command you?”
And they said,
“Moses let one write a bill of divorce and to put away.”
And Jesus answering said to them,
“He wrote this commandment for you in view of the hardness of your heart, but from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. On account of this, a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife and the two will be one flesh, so that they are no longer two but one flesh. What, therefore, God has joined together, don’t let man put apart!”
And in the house his disciples asked him again about the same thing, and he says to them,
“Whoever puts away his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her. And if a woman puts away her husband and is married to another, she commits adultery.”
And they brought little children to him so that he would touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But having seen it Jesus was indignant and said to them,
“Let the little children come to me, and don’t hinder them, for of such is the kingdom of God. Truly I’m telling you, whoever won’t receive the kingdom of God as a little child, will definitely not enter into it!”
And having taken them in his arms and having put his hands on them, he blessed them.
And as he went along in the road, one running up and kneeling down to him asked him,
“Good teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit everlasting life?”
And Jesus said to him,
“Why do you call me ‘good’? No one is good except one: God. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not commit murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honour your father and mother.’”
And he answering said to him,
“Teacher, I’ve kept all these from my youth!”
And Jesus, looking on him, loved him and said to him,
“You lack one thing: go, sell as much as you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
But he, being sad at the saying, went away grieved, for he had many possessions.
And looking around Jesus says to his disciples,
“With how much difficulty will those having riches enter into the kingdom of God!”
And the disciples were astonished at his words. And Jesus answering again says to them,
“Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God!”
And they were extremely astonished saying among themselves,
“Who then can be saved?”
But looking on them Jesus says,
“With men it’s impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God!”
And Peter began to say to him,
“Look, we’ve left everything and followed you.”
But answering Jesus said,
“Truly I’m telling you there is no one who has left a house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the joyful news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming: everlasting life. But many that are first will be last, and the last first.”
And they were on the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on before them, and they were amazed, and following were afraid. And having again taken the twelve he began to tell them the things which were about to happen to him.
“Look, we’re going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles. And they will mock him and scourge him, and will spit on him and kill him. And on the third day he will rise again!”
And James and John, Zebedee’s sons, come up to him saying,
“Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we may ask!” And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
And they said to him,
“Grant us that we may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your glory.”
But Jesus said to them,
“You don’t know what you’re asking! Can you drink the cup which I drink, and be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with?”
And they said to him,
“We can!”
But Jesus said to them,
“You will indeed drink the cup which I drink, you will be baptised with the baptism that I’m baptised with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
And having heard, the ten began to be indignant about James and John. But Jesus, having called to them says to them,
“You know that those who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great ones hold sway over them, but it won’t be like that among you. But whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever of you wants to become first will be everyone’s servant. For even the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
And they come to Jericho, and as he was going out of Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, a son of Timaeus, blind Bartimaeus, was sitting by the road begging. And having heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene he began to cry out and say,
“Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me!”
And many rebuked him so that he should be silent but he cried out a lot more,
“Son of David, have pity on me!”
And Jesus, having stopped, asked for him to be called. And they called the blind man, saying to him,
“Take courage, get up, he’s calling you!”
And he, removing his garment, rose up and came to Jesus. And Jesus answering says to him,
“What do you want me to do for you?”
And the blind man said to him,
“Rabboni, that I might see again !”
And Jesus said to him,
‘Go, your faith has healed you!”
And immediately he saw again and followed Jesus along the road.
