Dual Panel1Then <2532> Jesus left <450> that place <1564> and went <2064> to <1519> the region <3725> of Judea <2449> and <2532> beyond <4008> the Jordan River <2446>. Again <3825> crowds <3793> gathered <4848> to <4314> him <846>, and <2532> again <3825>, as <5613> was <1486> his custom <1486>, he taught <1321> them <846>.
2Then <2532> some Pharisees <5330> came <4334>, and to test <3985> him <846> they asked <1905>, “Is it lawful <1832> for a man <435> to divorce <630> his wife <1135>?”
3He answered <2036> answered <611> them <846>, “What <5101> did <1781> Moses <3475> command <1781> you <5213>?”
4They said <3004>, “Moses <3475> permitted <2010> a man to write <1125> a certificate <975> of dismissal <647> and <2532> to divorce <630> her.”
5But <1161> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “He wrote <1125> this <3778> commandment <1785> for you <5213> because of <4314> your <5216> hard hearts <4641>.
6But <1161> from <575> the beginning <746> of creation <2937> he made <4160> them <846> male <730> and <2532> female <2338>.
7For <1752> this <5127> reason a man <444> will leave <2641> his <846> father <3962> and <2532> mother <3384>,
8and <2532> the two <1417> will become <1510> one <1520> flesh <4561>. So <5620> they are <1510> no longer <3765> two <1417>, but <235> one <1520> flesh <4561>.
9Therefore <3767> what <3739> God <2316> has joined together <4801>, let <5563> no <3361> one <444> separate <5563>.”
10In <1519> the house <3614> once again <3825>, the disciples <3101> asked <1905> him <846> about <4012> this <5127>.
11So <2532> he told <3004> them <846>, “Whoever <3739> <302> divorces <630> his <846> wife <1135> and <2532> marries <1060> another <243> commits adultery <3429> against <1909> her <846>.
12And <2532> if <1437> she <846> divorces <630> her <846> husband <435> and marries <1060> another <243>, she commits adultery <3429>.”
13Now people were bringing <4374> little children <3813> to him <846> for <2443> him to touch <680>, but <1161> the disciples <3101> scolded <2008> those who brought them <846>.
14But <1161> when <1492> Jesus <2424> saw <1492> this, he was indignant <23> and <2532> said <2036> to them <846>, “Let <863> the little children <3813> come <2064> to <4314> me <3165> and do <2967> not <3361> try to stop <2967> them <846>, for <1063> the kingdom <932> of God <2316> belongs to <1510> such as these <5108>.
15I tell <3004> you <5213> the truth <281>, whoever <302> does <1209> not <3361> receive <1209> the kingdom <932> of God <2316> like <5613> a child <3813> will <1525> never <3756> <3361> enter <1525> it <846>.”
16After <1723> he took <1723> the children <846> in <1723> his arms <1723>, he placed <5087> his hands <5495> on <1909> them <846> and blessed <2127> them.
17Now <2532> as Jesus was starting out <1607> on <1519> his way <3598>, someone ran up <4370> to <1520> him, fell on <1120> his <846> knees <1120>, and <2532> said <1905>, “Good <18> teacher <1320>, what <5101> must I do <4160> to <2443> inherit <2816> eternal <166> life <2222>?”
18Jesus <2424> said <2036> to him <846>, “Why <5101> do you call <3004> me <3165> good <18>? No one <3762> is good <18> except <1487> <3361> God <2316> alone <1520>.
19You know <1492> the commandments <1785>: ‘Do <5407> not <3361> murder <5407>, do <3431> not <3361> commit adultery <3431>, do <2813> not <3361> steal <2813>, do <5576> not <3361> give false testimony <5576>, do <650> not <3361> defraud <650>, honor <5091> your <4675> father <3962> and <2532> mother <3384>.’”
20The man said <5346> to him <846>, “Teacher <1320>, I have wholeheartedly obeyed <5442> all <3956> these laws <5023> since <1537> my <3450> youth <3503>.”
21As Jesus <2424> looked at <1689> him <846>, he felt love <25> for him <846> and <2532> said <2036>, “You <4571> lack <5302> one thing <1520>. Go <5217>, sell <4453> whatever <3745> you have <2192> and <2532> give <1325> the money to the poor <4434>, and <2532> you will have <2192> treasure <2344> in <1722> heaven <3772>. Then <2532> come <1204>, follow <190> me <3427>.”
22But <1161> at <1909> this statement <3056>, the man looked sad <4768> and went away <565> sorrowful <3076>, for <1063> he was <1510> very <4183> rich <2933>.
23Then <2532> Jesus <2424> looked around <4017> and said <3004> to his <846> disciples <3101>, “How <4459> hard <1423> it is for the rich <5536> <2192> to <1519> enter <1525> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>!”
24The disciples <3101> were astonished <2284> at <1909> these <846> words <3056>. But <1161> again <3825> Jesus <2424> said <611> <3004> to them <846>, “Children <5043>, how <4459> hard <1422> it is <1510> to <1519> enter <1525> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>!
25It is <1510> easier <2123> for a camel <2574> to go <1330> through <1223> the eye <5168> of a needle <4476> than <2228> for a rich person <4145> to enter <1525> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>.”
26They were <1605> even more <4057> astonished <1605> and said <3004> to <4314> one another <846>, “Then <2532> who <5101> can <1410> be saved <4982>?”
27Jesus <2424> looked at <1689> them <846> and replied <3004>, “This is impossible <102> for <3844> mere humans <444>, but <235> not <3756> for <3844> God <2316>; all things <3956> are possible <1415> for <3844> God <2316>.”
28Peter <4074> began <756> to speak <3004> to him <846>, “Look <2400>, we <2249> have left <863> everything <3956> to follow <190> you <4671>!”
29Jesus <2424> said <5346>, “I tell <3004> you <5213> the truth <281>, there is <1510> no one <3762> who <3739> has left <863> home <3614> or <2228> brothers <80> or <2228> sisters <79> or <2228> mother <3384> or <2228> father <3962> or <2228> children <5043> or <2228> fields <68> for <1752> my <1700> sake <1752> and <2532> for the sake <1752> of the gospel <2098>
30who <1437> will <2983> not <3361> receive <2983> in <1722> this <5129> age <2540> a hundred times <1542> as much– homes <3614>, brothers <80>, sisters <79>, mothers <3384>, children <5043>, fields <68>, all with <3326> persecutions <1375>– and <2532> in <1722> the age <165> to come <2064>, eternal <166> life <2222>.
31But <1161> many <4183> who are <1510> first <4413> will be last <2078>, and <2532> the last <2078> first <4413>.”
32They were <1510> on <1722> the way <3598>, going up <305> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414>. Jesus <2424> was <1510> going ahead of <4254> them <846>, and <2532> they were amazed <2284>, but <1161> those who followed <190> were afraid <5399>. He <2532> took <3880> the twelve <1427> aside <3880> again <3825> and began <756> to tell <3004> them <846> what was going <3195> to happen <4819> to him <846>.
33“Look <2400>, we are going up <305> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414>, and <2532> the Son <5207> of Man <444> will be handed over <3860> to the chief priests <749> and <2532> experts in the law <1122>. They will condemn <2632> him <846> to death <2288> and <2532> will turn <3860> him <846> over <3860> to the Gentiles <1484>.
34They will mock <1702> him <846>, spit <1716> on him <846>, flog <3146> him <846> severely <3146>, and <2532> kill <615> him. Yet <2532> after <3326> three <5140> days <2250>, he will rise <450> again.”
35Then <2532> James <2385> and <2532> John <2491>, the sons <5207> of Zebedee <2199>, came <4365> to <846> him <4365> and said <3004>, “Teacher <1320>, we want <2309> you <4571> to do <4160> for us <2254> whatever <1437> we ask <154>.”
36He said <2036> to them <846>, “What <5101> do you want <2309> me to do <4160> for you <5213>?”
37They said <3004> to him <846>, “Permit <1325> one <1520> of us <2254> to sit <2523> at <1537> your <4675> right hand <1188> and <2532> the other <1520> at <1537> your left <710> in <1722> your <4675> glory <1391>.”
38But <1161> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “You <1492> don’t <3756> know <1492> what <5101> you are asking <154>! Are you able <1410> to drink <4095> the cup <4221> I <1473> drink <4095> or <2228> be baptized <907> with the baptism <908> I <1473> experience <907>?”
39They <1161> said <3004> to him <846>, “We are able <1410>.” Then <1161> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “You will drink <4095> the cup <4221> I <1473> drink <4095>, and <2532> you will be baptized <907> with the baptism <908> I <1473> experience <907>,
40but <1161> to sit <2523> at <1537> my <3450> right <1188> or <2228> at <1537> my left <2176> is <1510> not <3756> mine <1699> to give <1325>. It is for those for whom <3739> it has been prepared <2090>.”
41Now when the other ten <1176> heard <191> this, they became angry <23> with <4012> James <2385> and <2532> John <2491>.
42Jesus <2424> called <4341> them <846> and said <3004> to them <846>, “You know <1492> that <3754> those who are recognized <1380> as rulers <757> of the Gentiles <1484> lord <2634> it over <2634> them <846>, and <2532> those in high positions <3173> use <2715> their <846> authority over <2715> them <846>.
43But <1161> it is <1510> not <3756> this way <3779> among <1722> you <5213>. Instead <235> whoever <3739> <302> wants <2309> to be <1096> great <3173> among <1722> you <5213> must be <1510> your <5216> servant <1249>,
44and <2532> whoever <302> wants <2309> to be <1510> first <4413> among <1722> you <5213> must be <1510> the slave <1401> of all <3956>.
45For <1063> even the Son <5207> of Man <444> did <2064> not <3756> come <2064> to be served <1247> but <235> to serve <1247>, and <2532> to give <1325> his <846> life <5590> as a ransom <3083> for <473> many <4183>.”
46They came <2064> to <1519> Jericho <2410>. As Jesus and <2532> his <846> disciples <3101> and <2532> a <3793> large <2425> crowd <3793> were leaving <1607> Jericho <2410>, Bartimaeus <924> the son <5207> of Timaeus <5090>, a blind beggar <5185>, beggar <5185>, was sitting <2521> by <3844> the road <3598>.
47When <2532> he heard <191> that <3754> it was <1510> Jesus <2424> the Nazarene <3479>, he began <756> to shout <3004>, “Jesus <2424>, Son <5205> of David <1138>, have mercy <1653> on me <3165>!”
48Many <4183> scolded <2008> him <846> to get <2443> him to be quiet <4623>, but <1161> he shouted <2896> all the more <4183> <3123>, “Son <5207> of David <1138>, have mercy <1653> on me <3165>!”
49Jesus <2424> stopped <2476> and <2532> said <2036>, “Call <5455> him <846>.” So <2532> they called <5455> the blind man <5185> and said <3004> to him <846>, “Have courage <2293>! Get up <1453>! He is calling <5455> you <4571>.”
50He threw off <577> his <846> cloak <2440>, jumped up <450>, and came <2064> to <4314> Jesus <2424>.
51Then Jesus <2424> said <611> <2036> to him <846>, “What <5101> do <2309> you <4671> want <2309> me to do <4160> for you?” The blind man <5185> replied <2036>, “Rabbi <4462>, let me see <308> again.”
52Jesus <2424> said <2036> to him <846>, “Go <5217>, your <4675> faith <4102> has healed <4982> you <4571>.” Immediately <2117> he regained his sight <308> and <2532> followed <190> him <846> on <1722> the road <3598>.