Mark 10:1-31

11Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, 2according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

2Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to 3divorce a wife. 3And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “4Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and 5send her away.” 5But Jesus said to them, “67Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6But 8from the beginning of creation, God 9made them male and female. 710For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother11, 812and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

10In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. 11And He said to them, “13Whoever 14divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; 12and 15if she herself 16divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

1317And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; 18for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15Truly I say to you, 19whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” 16And He 20took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.

1721As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and 22knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to 23inherit eternal life?” 18And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. 19You know the commandments, ‘24Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” 20And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept 25all these things from my youth up.” 21Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have 26treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” 22But at these words 27he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

23And Jesus, looking around, said to His disciples, “28How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!” 24The disciples 29were amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 2530It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 26They were even more astonished and said to Him, “31Then who can be saved?” 27Looking at them, Jesus said, “32With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

2833Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.” 29Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, 34there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, 3035but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in 36the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in 37the age to come, eternal life. 31But 38many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”