Mark 10 (NMV)
1 He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Crowds gathered around Him again, and as He usually did, He taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came to test Him, asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3 He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."
5 But Jesus told them, "He wrote this command for you because of your hard hearts.
6 But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'
7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother
8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate."
10 When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Him about this matter.
11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
13 People were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them, but the disciples tried to stop them sternly.
14 When Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to Me. Don't stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."
16 After taking them in His arms, He laid His hands on them and blessed them.
17 As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt before Him, and asked, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
18 "Why do you call Me good?" Jesus asked him. "No one is good except God alone.
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."
20 He said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth."
21 Looking at him, Jesus loved him and said, "You lack one thing: Go, sell whatever you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."
22 But he was shocked by this word and went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
23 Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!"
24 The disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God."
26 They were even more astonished and said to one another, "Then who can be saved?"
27 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With man it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God."
28 Peter began to speak up, "See, we have left everything and followed You."
29 Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the sake of the good news,
30 who will not receive a hundred times more, now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.
31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first."
32 They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them what was going to happen to Him.
33 "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death. Then they will hand Him over to the Gentiles [non-Jews].
34 They will mock Him, spit on Him, flog Him, and kill Him, and He will rise after three days."
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, "Teacher, we want You to do whatever we ask of You."
36 "What do you want Me to do for you?" He asked them.
37 They answered Him, "Allow us to sit at Your right and at Your left in Your glory."
38 Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you're asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"
39 "We are able," they told Him. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.
40 But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to give; it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
41 When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.
42 Jesus called them over and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles dominate them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
43 But it is not to be this way among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,
44 and whoever wants to be first among you will be the servant 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."
46 They came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
48 Many warned him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
49 Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man and said to him, "Take courage! Get up; He's calling for you."
50 He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.
51 Then Jesus answered him, "What do you want Me to do for you?" "Rabbi," the blind man said to Him, "I want to see."
52 Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he could see and began to follow Jesus on the road.