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Mark 10:10   |  821
21  Jesus
a sked the ­boy’s fa­t her, “How long
has he been like this?”
“From child­hood,” he an­s wered. 22  “It has
of­ten ­t hrown him into fire or wa­ter to kill him.
But if you can do any­t hing, take pity on us and
help us.”
23  “ ‘If you can’?” said ­Jesus. “Ev­ery­t hing is
pos­si­ble for one who be­l ieves.”
24  Im­me­d i­ate­l y the ­boy’s fa­t her ex­c laimed,
“I do be­l ieve; help me over­come my un­be­l ief !”
25  When ­Jesus saw that a ­c rowd was run­n ing
to the ­s cene, he re­buked the im­pure spir­it.
“You deaf and mute spir­it,” he said, “I com­
mand you, come out of him and nev­er en­ter
him again.”
26  The spir­it ­s hrieked, con­v ulsed him vi­o ­
lent­ly and came out. The boy ­looked so much
like a ­corpse that many said, “He’s dead.” 27  But
Jesus took him by the hand and lift­ed him to
his feet, and he ­stood up.
28  Af­ter ­Jesus had gone in­doors, his dis­c i­ples
asked him pri­vate­ly, “Why ­couldn’t we ­d rive it
out?”
29  He re­plied, “This kind can come out only
by prayer.  a  ”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time
30  They left that ­place and ­passed ­t hrough
Gal­i ­lee. ­Jesus did not want any­one to know
w here they were, 31  be­c ause he was teach­i ng
his dis­c i­ples. He said to them, “The Son of
Man is go­i ng to be de­l iv­ered in­to the ­hands of
men. They will kill him, and af­ter ­t hree days
he will rise.” 32  But they did not un­der­stand
what he ­meant and were ­a fraid to ask him
about it.
33  They came to Ca­per­n a­u m. When he was
in the ­house, he ­asked them, “What were you
ar­g u­i ng ­about on the road?” 34  But they kept
qui­et be­c ause on the way they had ar­g ued
about who was the great­est.
35  Sit­t ing down, ­Jesus ­c alled the ­Twelve and
said, “Any­one who ­wants to be ­f irst must be the
very last, and the ser­vant of all.”
36  He took a lit­t le ­c hild whom he ­p laced
a mong them. Tak­i ng the ­c hild in his arms,
he said to them, 37  “Who­ev­er wel­comes one of
t hese lit­t le chil­d ren in my name wel­comes me;
and who­ev­er wel­comes me does not wel­come
me but the one who sent me.”
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us
38  “Teach­er,”
said John, “we saw some­one
driv­i ng 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 mir­a­c le in my name can in the
next mo­ment say any­t hing bad ­about me, 40  for
who­ev­er is not ­against us is for us. 41  Tru­ly I tell
you, any­one who ­g ives you a cup of wa­ter in my
name be­cause you be­long to the Mes­si­a h will
cer­tain­ly not lose their re­ward.
Causing to Stumble
42  “If any­o ne caus­e s one of ­t hese lit­t le
ones — ​­t hose who be­l ieve in me — ​to stum­ble,
it ­would be bet­ter for them if a ­large mill­stone
were hung ­a round ­t heir neck and they were
t hrown into the sea. 43  If your hand caus­es you
to stum­ble, cut it off. It is bet­ter for you to en­
ter life ­maimed than with two ­hands to go into
hell, ­where the fire nev­er goes out. [44] b 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 ­t hrown into hell. [46] b
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 t ­ hrown into hell, 48  where
“ ‘the worms that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.’  c
49  Ev­ery­one will be salt­ed with fire.
50  “Salt is good, but if it los­e s its salt­i ­ness,
how can you make it ­s alty ­again? Have salt
a mong your­selves, and be at ­peace with each
oth­er.”
Divorce
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Jesus then left that ­place and went into
the re­g ion of Ju­dea and ­across the Jor­
dan. ­Again ­crowds of peo­ple came to him, and
as was his cus­tom, he ­taught them.
2  Some Phar­i ­s ees came and test­e d him by
ask­i ng, “Is it law­f ul for a man to di­vorce his
wife?”
3  “What did Mo­s es com­m and you?” he re­
plied.
4  They said, “Mo­ses per­m it­ted a man to ­w rite
a cer­t if­i­cate of di­vorce and send her away.”
5  “It was be­c ause your ­hearts were hard that
Mo­ses ­w rote you this law,” ­Jesus re­plied. 6  “But
at the be­g in­n ing of cre­a­t ion God ‘made them
male and fe­m ale.’  d 7  ‘For this rea­son a man
will ­leave his fa­t her and moth­er and be unit­
ed to his wife,  e 8  and the two will be­come one
f lesh.’  f 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
a  29  Some manuscripts prayer and fasting    b  44,46  Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.    c  48  Isaiah
66:24    d  6  Gen. 1:27    e  7  Some early manuscripts do not have and be united to his wife.    f  8  Gen. 2:24