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822  |  Mark 10:11 
dis­c i­ples ­a sked ­Jesus ­about this. 11  He an­
swered, “Any­one who di­vorc­es his wife and
mar­r ies an­oth­er wom­a n com­m its adul­tery
against her. 12  And if she di­vorc­es her hus­band
and mar­r ies an­oth­er man, she com­m its adul­
tery.”
The Little Children and Jesus
13  Peo­ple were bring­i ng lit­t le chil­d ren to
J ­ esus for him to ­place his ­hands on them, but
the dis­ci­ples re­buked them. 14  When ­Jesus saw
this, he was in­d ig­nant. He said to them, “Let
the lit­t le chil­d ren come to me, and do not hin­
der them, for the king­dom of God be­longs to
such as ­t hese. 15  Tru­ly I tell you, any­one who
will not re­ceive the king­dom of God like a lit­
tle ­child will nev­er en­ter it.” 16  And he took the
chil­d ren in his arms, ­placed his ­hands 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 ­k nees be­fore him. “Good
teach­er,” he ­asked, “what must I do to in­her­it
eter­nal life?”
18  “Why do you call me good?” ­Jesus an­
swered. “No one is good — ​ex­cept God ­a lone.
19  You know the com­m and­ments: ‘You ­s hall
not mur­der, you ­s hall not com­m it adul­tery,
you ­shall not ­steal, you ­shall not give ­false tes­
ti­mo­ny, you ­shall not de­f raud, hon­or your fa­
ther and moth­er.’  a  ”
20  “Teach­er,” he de­c lared, “all ­t hese I have
kept s ­ ince I was a boy.”
21  Jesus ­looked at him and ­loved him. “One
t hing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell ev­ery­t hing
you have and give to the poor, and you will
have trea­s ure in heav­en. Then come, fol­
low me.”
22  At this the ­m an’s face fell. He went away
sad, be­cause he had ­g reat wealth.
23  Jesus ­looked ­a round and said to his dis­
ci­ples, “How hard it is for the rich to en­ter the
king­dom of God!”
24  The dis­c i­ples were ­a mazed at his ­w ords.
But ­Jesus said ­again, “Chil­d ren, how hard it is  b
to en­ter the king­dom of God! 25  It is eas­i­er for a
cam­el to go ­t hrough the eye of a nee­d le than
for some­one who is rich to en­ter the king­dom
of God.”
26  The dis­c i­ples were even more ­a mazed,
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 ­t hings
are pos­si­ble with God.”
a  19 
28  Then Pe­ter ­spoke up, “We have left ev­ery­
thing to fol­low you!”
29  “Tru­l y I tell you,” ­Jesus re­plied, “no one
who has left home or broth­ers or sis­ters or
moth­er or fa­t her or chil­d ren or ­f ields for me
and the gos­pel 30  will fail to re­ceive a hun­d red
t imes as much in this pres­ent age: ­homes,
broth­e rs, sis­t ers, moth­e rs, chil­d ren and
f ields — ​­a long with per­se­c u­t ions — ​a nd 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 Je­r u­s a­lem,
with ­Jesus lead­i ng the way, and the dis­c i­ples
were as­ton­i shed, ­w hile ­t hose who fol­lowed
were ­a fraid. ­A gain he took the ­Twelve ­a side
and told them what was go­i ng to hap­pen to
him. 33  “We are go­i ng up to Je­r u­sa­lem,” he said,
“and the Son of Man will be de­l iv­ered over to
the ­chief ­priests and the teach­ers of the law.
They will con­demn him to ­death and will hand
him over to the Gen­t iles, 34  who will mock him
and spit on him, flog him and kill him. ­T hree
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
r ight and the oth­er at your left in your glo­r y.”
38  “You ­don’t know what you are ask­i ng,”
Jesus said. “Can you ­d rink the cup I ­d rink or
be bap­t ized with the bap­t ism I am bap­t ized
with?”
39  “We can,” they an­s wered.
Jesus said to them, “You will ­d rink the cup
I ­d rink and be bap­t ized with the bap­t ism I am
bap­t ized with, 40  but to sit at my ­r ight or left
is not for me to ­g rant. ­T hese plac­es be­long to
t hose for whom they have been pre­pared.”
41  When the ten ­heard ­about this, they be­
came in­d ig­nant with ­James and John. 42  Jesus
called them to­geth­er and said, “You know that
t hose who are re­gard­ed as rul­ers of the Gen­
tiles lord it over them, and ­t heir high of­f i­cials
ex­er­c ise au­t hor­i­t y over them. 43  Not so with
you. In­stead, who­ev­er ­wants to be­come ­g reat
a mong you must be your ser­vant, 44  and who­
ev­er ­wants to be ­f irst must be ­slave of all. 45  For
even the Son of Man did not come to be ­served,
but to ­serve, and to give his life as a ran­som
for many.”
Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20    b  24  Some manuscripts is for those who trust in riches