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869  l   Mark 11:7
hard it is  a to en­ter the king­dom of God! 25 It
is eas­i­er for a cam­el to go t ­ hrough the eye
of a nee­dle than for some­one who is rich to
en­ter the king­dom of God.”
26 The dis­ci­ples were even more ­amazed,
and said to each oth­er, “Who then can be
saved?”
27 ­Jesus ­looked at them and said, “With
man this is im­pos­si­ble, but not with God;
all ­things are pos­si­ble with God.”
28 Then Pe­ter ­spoke up, “We have left ev­
ery­thing to fol­low you!”
29 “Tru­ly I tell you,” ­Jesus re­plied, “no
one who has left home or broth­ers or sis­
ters or moth­er or fa­ther or chil­dren or
fields for me and the gos­pel 30 will fail to
re­ceive a hun­dred ­times as much in this
pres­e nt age: ­h omes, broth­e rs, sis­ters,
moth­ers, chil­dren and ­fields  — ​­along with
per­se­cu­tions — ​and in the age to come
eter­nal life. 31 But many who are f ­ irst will
be last, and the last first.”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
32 They were on t ­ heir way up to Je­ru­sa­
lem, with ­Jesus lead­ing the way, and the
dis­ci­ples were as­ton­ished, ­while ­those
who fol­lowed were a
­ fraid. ­Again he took
the ­Twelve ­aside and told them what was
go­ing to hap­pen to him. 33 “We are go­ing up
to Je­ru­sa­lem,” he said, “and the Son of Man
will be de­liv­ered over to the ­chief p
­ riests
and the teach­ers of the law. They will con­
demn him to ­death and will hand him over
to the Gen­tiles, 34 who will mock him and
spit on him, flog him and kill him. ­Three
days lat­er he will rise.”
The Request of James and John
35 Then ­James and John, the sons of Zeb­
e­dee, came to him. “Teach­er,” they said,
“we want you to do for us what­ev­er we
ask.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?”
he asked.
37 They re­plied, “Let one of us sit at your
right and the oth­er at your left in your glo­
ry.”
38 “You ­don’t know what you are ask­ing,”
­Jesus said. “Can you d
­ rink the cup I d
­ rink
or be bap­tized with the bap­tism I am bap­
tized with?”
39 “We can,” they an­swered.
Jesus said to them, “You will d
­ rink the
cup I d
­ rink and be bap­tized with the bap­
tism I am bap­tized with, 40 but to sit at my
right or left is not for me to g
­ rant. ­These
plac­es be­long to ­those for whom they have
been pre­pared.”
41 When the ten h
­ eard a
­ bout this, they
be­came in­dig­nant with ­James and John.
42 ­Jesus ­called them to­geth­er and said, “You
know that t ­ hose who are re­gard­ed as rul­
ers of the Gen­tiles lord it over them, and
their high of­fi­cials ex­er­cise au­thor­i­ty over
them. 43 Not so with you. In­stead, who­ev­
er ­wants to be­come ­great ­among you must
be your ser­vant, 44 and who­ev­er ­wants to be
first must be ­slave of all. 45 For even the Son
of Man did not come to be s ­ erved, but to
serve, and to give his life as a ran­som for
many.”
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46   Then they came to Jer­i­cho. As ­Jesus
and his dis­ci­ples, to­geth­er with a ­large
crowd, were leav­ing the city, a b
­ lind man,
Bar­ti­mae­us (which ­means “son of Ti­mae­
us”), was sit­ting by the road­side beg­ging.
47 When he h
­ eard that it was ­Jesus of Naz­a­
reth, he be­gan to ­shout, “­Jesus, Son of Da­
vid, have mer­cy on me!”
48 Many re­buked him and told him to be
qui­et, but he shout­ed all the more, “Son of
Da­vid, have mer­cy on me!”
49 ­Jesus ­stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they ­called to the ­blind man, “Cheer
up! On your feet! He’s call­
i ng you.”
50 Throw­ing his ­cloak ­aside, he ­jumped to
his feet and came to ­Jesus.
51 “What do you want me to do for you?”
Jesus ­asked him.
The ­blind man said, “Rab­bi, I want to
see.”
52 “Go,” said ­Jesus, “your ­faith has ­healed
you.” Im­me­di­ate­ly he re­ceived his ­sight
and fol­lowed ­Jesus ­along the road.
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
11
As they ap­proached Je­ru­sa­lem and
came to Beth­pha­ge and Beth­a n
­ y at the
Mount of Ol­ives, ­Jesus sent two of his dis­
ci­ples, 2 say­ing to them, “Go to the vil­lage
ahead of you, and just as you en­ter it, you
will find a colt tied ­there, ­which no one has
ever rid­den. Un­tie it and b
­ ring it here. 3 If
any­one asks you, ‘Why are you do­ing this?’
say, ‘The Lord n
­ eeds it and will send it back
here short­ly.’  ”
4 They went and ­found a colt out­side in
the s ­ treet, tied at a door­way. As they un­
tied it, 5  some peo­ple stand­ing ­there ­asked,
“What are you do­ing, un­ty­ing that colt?”
6 They an­swered as ­Jesus had told them to,
and the peo­ple let them go. 7 When they
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riches