He arose from there, and came into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again crowds gathered to him, and, as was his custom, he taught them again.
Some Pharisees came, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” They tested him.
He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”
They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to divorce her.”
Jesus answered them, “Because of your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh. So then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
In the house, the disciples asked him again about this.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
If a woman divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”
They brought little children to him, that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
When Jesus saw it, he was indignant, and said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and don’t forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.
Most certainly I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive the kingdom of God like a little child shall not enter it at all.”
He took them in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
As he went out on the way, one came running, knelt to him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and your mother.’”
He answered him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”
Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: go your way, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me.”
But he was sad at this word, and went away grieved, for he had great possessions.
Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!”
The disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again, and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”
They were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them, and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left all, and have followed you.”
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,
who will not receive a hundred times now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.
But many who are first shall be last, and the last first.”
They came to Jericho. As he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, a blind man, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway begging.
When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Many rebuked him, that he should be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him here.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good courage, rise; he is calling you.”
He, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
Jesus answered him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabbi, that I may receive my sight.”
Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.”
Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.
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