NIV Butterfly Garden Holy Bible Book of Mark, "Prayer Is..., Getting to Know Jesus | Page 13

Mark 9:38  l  868
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us
38 “Teach­er,” said John, “we saw some­one
driv­ing out de­mons in your name and we
told him to stop, be­cause he was not one
of us.”
39 “Do not stop him,” ­Jesus said. “For no
one who does a mir­a c ­ le in my name can in
the next mo­ment say any­thing bad a
­ bout
me, 40 for who­ev­er is not a
­ gainst us is for
us. 41 Tru­ly I tell you, any­one who ­gives you
a cup of wa­ter in my name be­cause you be­
long to the Mes­si­ah will cer­tain­ly not lose
their re­ward.
Causing to Stumble
42 “If any­one caus­es one of t ­ hese lit­
tle ones — ​­those who be­lieve in me — ​to
stum­ble, it ­would be bet­ter for them if a
­large mill­stone were hung ­around ­their
neck and they were ­thrown into the sea.
43 If your hand caus­es you to stum­ble, cut it
off. It is bet­ter for you to en­ter life m
­ aimed
than with two ­hands to go into hell, ­where
the fire nev­er goes out. [44] a 45 And if your
foot caus­es you to stum­ble, cut it off. It is
bet­ter for you to en­ter life crip­pled than to
have two feet and be ­thrown into hell. [46] a
47 And if your eye caus­es you to stum­ble,
pluck it out. It is bet­ter for you to en­ter the
king­dom of God with one eye than to have
two eyes and be ­thrown into hell, 48 where

“ ‘the worms that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.’  b
49 Ev­ery­one will be salt­ed with fire.
50 “Salt is good, but if it los­es its salt­i­ness,
how can you make it s ­ alty a
­ gain? Have salt
among your­selves, and be at p
­ eace with
each oth­er.”
Divorce
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­ esus then left that p
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­ lace and went
into the re­gion of Ju­dea and ­across
the Jor­dan. ­Again ­crowds of peo­ple came
to him, and as was his cus­tom, he ­taught
them.
2 Some Phar­i­sees came and test­ed him
by ask­ing, “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 send her
away.”
5 “It was be­cause your ­hearts were hard
that Mo­ses ­wrote you this law,” ­Jesus re­
plied. 6 “But at the be­gin­ning of cre­a­tion
God ‘made them male and fe­male.’  c 7 ‘For
this rea­son a man will l ­ eave his fa­ther and
moth­er and be unit­ed to his wife,  d 8 and the
two will be­come one ­flesh.’  e So they are no
lon­ger two, but one f ­ lesh. 9 There­fore what
God has ­joined to­geth­er, let no one sep­a­
rate.”
10 When they were in the ­house ­again,
the dis­ci­ples ­asked ­Jesus ­about this. 11 He
an­swered, “Any­one 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.”
The Little Children and ­Jesus
13  Peo­ple were bring­ing lit­tle chil­dren to
­ esus for him to ­place his ­hands on them,
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but the dis­ci­ples re­buked them. 14 When
Jesus saw this, he was in­dig­nant. He said to
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, any­one who will not re­ceive the
king­dom of God like a lit­tle ­child will nev­
er en­ter it.” 16 And he took the chil­dren in
his arms, p
­ laced his h
­ ands on them and
blessed them.
The Rich and the Kingdom of God
17 As ­Jesus start­ed on his way, a man ran
up to him and fell on his ­knees be­fore him.
“Good teach­er,” he ­asked, “what must I do
to in­her­it eter­nal life?”
18 “Why do you call me good?” ­Jesus
an­swered. “No one is good — ​ex­cept God
­alone. 19 You know the com­mand­ments:
‘You s ­ hall not mur­der, you s ­ hall not com­
mit adul­tery, you s ­ hall not ­steal, you s ­ hall
not give ­false tes­ti­mo­ny, you ­shall not de­
fraud, hon­or your fa­ther and moth­er.’  f  ”
20 “Teach­er,” he de­clared, “all ­these I
have kept ­since I was a boy.”
21 ­Jesus l ­ ooked at him and l ­ oved him.
“One t ­ hing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell ev­
ery­thing you have and give to the poor,
and you will have trea­sure in heav­en. Then
come, fol­low me.”
22 At this the ­man’s face fell. He went
away sad, be­cause he had ­great wealth.
23 ­Jesus l ­ ooked a
­ round and said to his
dis­ci­ples, “How hard it is for the rich to en­
ter the king­dom of God!”
24 T he dis­
c i­
p les were ­
a mazed at his
words. But ­Jesus said ­again, “Chil­dren, how
a  44,46  Some manuscripts include here the words
of verse 48.    b  48 Isaiah 66:24    c  6  Gen. 1:27   
d  7  Some early manuscripts do not have and be
united to his wife.    e  8 Gen. 2:24    f  19 Exodus
20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20