Mark 10:1–31

¹And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. ²And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, ³and he answering said to them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ ⁴and they said, ‘Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.’ ⁵And Jesus answering said to them, ‘For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command, ⁶but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; ⁷on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, ⁸and they shall be—the two—for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh; ⁹what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.’ ¹⁰And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him, ¹¹and he saith to them, ‘Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; ¹²and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.’

¹³And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, ¹⁴and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, ‘Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; ¹⁵verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child—he may not enter into it;’ ¹⁶and having taken them in his arms, having put his hands upon them, he was blessing them.

¹⁷And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, ‘Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?’ ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, ‘Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One—God; ¹⁹the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.’ ²⁰And he answering said to him, ‘Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.’ ²¹And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, ‘One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast—sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.’ ²²And he—gloomy at the word—went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions. ²³And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, ‘How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!’ ²⁴And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, ‘Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.’ ²⁶And they were astonished beyond measure, saying unto themselves, ‘And who is able to be saved?’ ²⁷And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, ‘With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.’ ²⁸And Peter began to say to him, ‘Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.’ ²⁹And Jesus answering said, ‘Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news’, ³⁰who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during; ³¹and many first shall be last, and the last first.’