Mark 9:30–10:31
Death and Resurrection Foretold
30 aFrom there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.
31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “aThe Son of Man is to be 1delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”
32 But athey 1did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
33 aThey came to Capernaum; and when He 1was in bthe house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
34 But they kept silent, for on the way athey had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.
35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and * said to them, “aIf anyone wants to be first, 1he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
36 Taking a child, He set him 1before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,
37 “aWhoever receives 1one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”
38 aJohn said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and bwe tried to prevent him because he was not following us.”
39 But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.
40 “aFor he who is not against us is 1for us.
41 “For awhoever gives you a cup of water to drink 1because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
42 “aWhoever causes one of these 1little ones who believe to stumble, it 2would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he 3had been cast into the sea.
43 “aIf your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into 1bhell, into the cunquenchable fire,
44 [1where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]
45 “If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into 1ahell,
46 [1where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]
47 “aIf your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into 1bhell,
48 awhere their worm does not die, and bthe fire is not quenched.
49 “For everyone will be salted with fire.
50 “Salt is good; but aif the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you 1make it salty again? bHave salt in yourselves, and cbe at peace with one another.”
1 aGetting up, He * went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds * gathered around Him again, and, baccording to His custom, He once more began to teach them.
2 Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to 1divorce a wife.
3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
4 They said, “aMoses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and 1send her away.”
5 But Jesus said to them, “1aBecause of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
6 “But afrom the beginning of creation, God bmade them male and female.
7 “aFor this reason a man shall leave his father and mother1,
8 aand the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 “What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
10 In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.
11 And He * said to them, “aWhoever 1divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;
12 and aif she herself 1divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”
13 aAnd they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.
14 But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; afor the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
15 “Truly I say to you, awhoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
16 And He atook them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.
17 aAs He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and bknelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to cinherit eternal life?”
18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
19 “You know the commandments, ‘aDo not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’ ”
20 And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept aall these things from my youth up.”
21 Looking 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 atreasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
22 But at these words 1he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.
23 And Jesus, looking around, * said to His disciples, “aHow hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples awere amazed at His words. But Jesus * answered again and * said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25 “aIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 They were even more astonished and said to Him, “1Then who can be saved?”
27 Looking at them, Jesus * said, “aWith people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
28 aPeter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.”
29 Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, athere 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,
30 1but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in 2the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in athe age to come, eternal life.
31 “But amany who are first will be last, and the last, first.”