1 A nd left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; and crowds gathered around Him again, and as was His custom, He began to teach them again.

And 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.

2 A nd some Pharisees came up, and, in order to test Him and try to find a weakness in Him, asked, Is it lawful for a man to dismiss and repudiate and divorce his wife?

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

3 H e answered them, What did Moses command you?

and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

4 T hey replied, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.

and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

5 B ut Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart '> your condition of insensibility to the call of God] he wrote you this precept in your Law.

And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

6 B ut from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;

7 F or this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife and cleave closely to her permanently,

on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

8 A nd the two shall become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

9 W hat therefore God has united (joined together), let not man separate or divide.

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

10 A nd indoors the disciples questioned Him again about this subject.

And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

11 A nd He said to them, Whoever dismisses (repudiates and divorces) his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

12 A nd if a woman dismisses (repudiates and divorces) her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

13 A nd they kept bringing young children to Him that He might touch them, and the disciples were reproving them.

And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them,

14 B ut when Jesus saw, He was indignant and pained and said to them, Allow the children to come to Me—do not forbid or prevent or hinder them—for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

and 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;

15 T ruly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child positively shall not enter it at all.

verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child -- he may not enter into it;'

16 A nd He took them '> one by one] in His arms and '> fervently invoked a] blessing, placing His hands upon them.

and having taken them in his arms, having put hands upon them, he was blessing them.

17 A nd as He was setting out on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, Teacher, '> essentially and perfectly morally] good, what must I do to inherit eternal life '> to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?

And 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?'

18 A nd Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me '> essentially and perfectly morally] good? There is no one '> essentially and perfectly morally] good—except God alone.

And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one good except One -- God;

19 Y ou know the commandments: Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.

the 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.'

20 A nd he replied to Him, Teacher, I have carefully guarded and observed all these and taken care not to violate them from my boyhood.

And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.'

21 A nd Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and He said to him, You lack one thing; go and sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come accompany Me '> walking the same road that I walk].

And 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.'

22 A t that saying the man’s countenance fell and was gloomy, and he went away grieved and sorrowing, for he was holding great possessions.

And he -- gloomy at the word -- went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.

23 A nd Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, With what difficulty will those who possess wealth and keep on holding it enter the kingdom of God!

And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!'

24 A nd the disciples were amazed and bewildered and perplexed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who trust (place their confidence, their sense of safety) in riches to enter the kingdom of God!

And 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!

25 I t is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

It 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.'

26 A nd they were shocked and exceedingly astonished, and said to Him and to one another, Then who can be saved?

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying unto themselves, `And who is able to be saved?'

27 J esus glanced around at them and said, With men impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

28 P eter started to say to Him, Behold, we have yielded up and abandoned everything '> joined You as Your disciples, siding with Your party] and accompanied You '> walking the same road that You walk].

And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'

29 J esus said, Truly I tell you, there is no one who has given up and left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the Gospel’s

And 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',

30 W ho will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

who 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;

31 B ut many first will be last, and many last will be first.

and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

32 T hey were on the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on in front of them; and they were bewildered and perplexed and greatly astonished, and those following were seized with alarm and were afraid. And He took the Twelve again and began to tell them what was about to happen to Him,

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

33 B ehold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn and sentence Him to death and turn Him over to the Gentiles.

-- `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,

34 A nd they will mock Him and spit on Him, and whip Him and put Him to death; but after three days He will rise again '> from death].

and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'

35 A nd James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said to Him, Teacher, we desire You to do for us whatever we ask of You.

And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

36 A nd He replied to them, What do you desire Me to do for you?

and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'

37 A nd they said to Him, Grant that we may sit, one at Your right hand and one at left hand, in Your glory (Your majesty and splendor).

and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;'

38 B ut Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?

and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'

39 A nd they replied to Him, We are able. And Jesus told them, The cup that I drink you will drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized,

And they said to him, `We are able;' and Jesus said to them, `Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;

40 B ut to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to give; but for whom it is ordained and prepared.

but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared.'

41 A nd when the other ten heard it, they began to be indignant with James and John.

And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,

42 B ut Jesus called them to and said to them, You know that those who are recognized as governing and are supposed to rule the Gentiles (the nations) lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority and dominion over them.

but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;

43 B ut this is not to be so among you; instead, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant,

but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

44 A nd whoever wishes to be most important and first in rank among you must be slave of all.

and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

45 F or even the Son of Man came not to have service rendered to Him, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for ( instead of) many.

for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

46 T hen they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, a son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus -- Bartimaeus the blind -- was sitting beside the way begging,

47 A nd when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have pity and mercy on me '> now]!

and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David -- Jesus! deal kindly with me;'

48 A nd many severely censured and reproved him, telling him to keep still, but he kept on shouting out all the more, You Son of David, have pity and mercy on me!

and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

49 A nd Jesus stopped and said, Call him. And they called the blind man, telling him, Take courage! Get up! He is calling you.

And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;'

50 A nd throwing off his outer garment, he leaped up and came to Jesus.

and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus.

51 A nd Jesus said to him, What do you want Me to do for you? And the blind man said to Him, Master, let me receive my sight.

And answering, Jesus saith to him, `What wilt thou I may do to thee?' and the blind man said to him, `Rabboni, that I may see again;'

52 A nd Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has healed you. And at once he received his sight and accompanied Jesus on the road.

and Jesus said to him, `Go, thy faith hath saved thee:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.