10:1 Then 1 Jesus 2 left that place and went to the region of Judea and 3 beyond the Jordan River. 4 Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them. 10:2 Then some Pharisees 5 came, and to test him 6 they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his 7 wife?” 8 10:3 He answered them, 9 “What did Moses command you?” 10:4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” 10 10:5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. 11 10:6 But from the beginning of creation he 12 made them male and female. 13 10:7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, 14 10:8 and the two will become one flesh. 15 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 10:9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10:10 In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this. 10:11 So 16 he told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 10:12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” 17
10:13 Now 18 people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, 19 but the disciples scolded those who brought them. 20 10:14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 21 10:15 I tell you the truth, 22 whoever does not receive 23 the kingdom of God like a child 24 will never 25 enter it.” 10:16 After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.
10:17 Now 26 as Jesus 27 was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 28 10:18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? 29 No one is good except God alone. 10:19 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.’” 30 10:20 The man 31 said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed 32 all these laws 33 since my youth.” 34 10:21 As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money 35 to the poor, and you will have treasure 36 in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 10:22 But at this statement, the man 37 looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. 38
10:23 Then 39 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” 10:24 The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, 40 “Children, how hard it is 41 to enter the kingdom of God! 10:25 It is easier for a camel 42 to go through the eye of a needle 43 than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 10:26 They were even more astonished and said 44 to one another, “Then 45 who can be saved?” 46 10:27 Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, 47 but not for God; all things are possible for God.”
10:28 Peter began to speak to him, “Look, 48 we have left everything to follow you!” 49 10:29 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, 50 there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel 10:30 who will not receive in this age 51 a hundred times as much – homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions 52 – and in the age to come, eternal life. 53 10:31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
10:32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. 54 Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him. 10:33 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. 55 They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles. 10:34 They will mock him, spit on him, flog 56 him severely, and kill him. Yet 57 after three days, 58 he will rise again.”
10:35 Then 59 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”