Mark 10 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Question of Divorce

10 He^(A) set out from there and went to the region of Judea^(B) and across the Jordan.^(C) Then crowds converged on Him again and, as He usually did, He began teaching^(D) them once more. ² Some Pharisees^(E) approached Him to test^(F) Him. They asked, “Is it lawful^(G) for a man to divorce^(H) his wife?”^(I)

³ He replied to them, “What did Moses^(J) command you?”

⁴ They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers^(K) and send her away.”^(L)

⁵ But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.^{(M) 6} But from the beginning^(N) of creation^(O) God^[a] made them male and female.^(P)[b]

⁷ For this reason a man will leave^(Q)
his father and mother
[and be joined to his wife],^[c]
8 and the two will become one flesh.^(R)[d]

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”^(S)

¹⁰ Now in the house the disciples questioned Him again about this matter. ¹¹ And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife^(T) and marries^(U) another commits adultery^(V) against her. ¹² Also, if she divorces her husband^(W) and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Blessing the Children

¹³ Some^(X) people were bringing little children^(Y) to Him so He might touch them, but His disciples rebuked^(Z) them. ¹⁴ When Jesus saw it, He was indignant^(AA) and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me.^(AB) Don’t stop^(AC) them, for the kingdom of God^(AD) belongs to such as these. ¹⁵ I assure you:^(AE) Whoever does not welcome^[e](AF) the kingdom of God like a little child^(AG) will never enter it.” ¹⁶ After taking them in His arms, He laid His hands on^(AH) them and blessed^(AI) them.

The Rich Young Ruler

¹⁷ As^(AJ) He was setting out on a journey,^(AK) a man ran up, knelt down^(AL) before Him, and asked Him, “Good^(AM) Teacher,^(AN) what must I do to inherit^(AO) eternal life?”^(AP)

¹⁸ “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.^{(AQ) 19} You know the commandments:

Do not murder;^(AR)
do not commit adultery;^(AS)
do not steal;^(AT)
do not bear false witness;^(AU)
do not defraud;^(AV)
honor^(AW) your father and mother.”^(AX)[f]

²⁰ He said to Him, “Teacher,^(AY) I have kept all these from my youth.”

²¹ Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him^(AZ) and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor,^(BA) and you will have treasure^(BB) in heaven.^(BC) Then come,^[g] follow Me.”^{(BD) 22} But he was stunned^[h] at this demand, and he went away grieving,^(BE) because he had many possessions.^(BF)

Possessions and the Kingdom

²³ Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth^(BG) to enter the kingdom of God!”^{(BH) 24} But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children,^(BI) how hard it is^[i] to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich^(BJ) person to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶ So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”^(BK)

²⁷ Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible,^(BL) but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

²⁸ Peter^(BM) began to tell Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

²⁹ “I assure you,”^(BN) Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father,^[j] children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,^{(BO) 30} who will not receive 100 times^(BP) more, now at this time^(BQ)—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions^(BR)—and eternal life^(BS) in the age to come.^{(BT) 31} But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”^(BU)

The Third Prediction of His Death

³² They^(BV) were on the road, going up to Jerusalem,^(BW) and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid.^(BX) Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.^(BY)

³³ “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man^(BZ) will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes,^(CA) and they will condemn Him to death. Then they will hand Him over to the Gentiles,^{(CB) 34} and they will mock Him, spit on Him, flog^[k] Him, and kill Him, and He will rise^(CC) after three days.”^(CD)

Suffering and Service

³⁵ Then^(CE) James^(CF) and John,^(CG) the sons of Zebedee,^(CH) approached Him and said, “Teacher,^(CI) we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”

³⁶ “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked them.

³⁷ They answered Him, “Allow us to sit at Your right and at Your left in Your glory.”^(CJ)

³⁸ But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking.^(CK) Are you able to drink the cup^(CL) I drink or to be baptized with the baptism^(CM) I am baptized with?”^(CN)

³⁹ “We are able,” they told Him.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.^{(CO) 40} But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to give; instead, it is for those it has been prepared for.” ⁴¹ When the other 10 disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.^(CP)

⁴² Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate^(CQ) them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them. ⁴³ But it must not be like that among you.^(CR) On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,^{(CS) 44} and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave^(CT) to all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man^(CU) did not come to be served, but to serve,^(CV) and to give His life^(CW)—a ransom^(CX) for many.”^[l](CY)

A Blind Man Healed

⁴⁶ They^(CZ) came to Jericho.^(DA) And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind^(DB) beggar,^(DC) was sitting by the road.^{(DD) 47} When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene,^(DE) he began to cry out, “Son of David,^(DF) Jesus, have mercy^(DG) on me!”^{(DH) 48} Many people told him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me,^(DI) Son of David!”

⁴⁹ Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage!^(DJ) Get up; He’s calling for you.” ⁵⁰ He threw off his coat,^(DK) jumped up, and came to Jesus.

⁵¹ Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want^(DL) Me to do for you?”

“Rabbouni,”^[m](DM) the blind man told Him, “I want to see!”

⁵² “Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”^(DN) Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

Footnotes

1. Mark 10:6 Other mss omit God
2. Mark 10:6 Gn 1:27; 5:2
3. Mark 10:7 Other mss omit bracketed text
4. Mark 10:8 Gn 2:24
5. Mark 10:15 Or not receive
6. Mark 10:19 Ex 20:12-16; Dt 5:16-20
7. Mark 10:21 Other mss add taking up the cross, and
8. Mark 10:22 Or he became gloomy
9. Mark 10:24 Other mss add for those trusting in wealth
10. Mark 10:29 Other mss add or wife
11. Mark 10:34 Or scourge
12. Mark 10:45 Or in the place of many; Is 53:10-12
13. Mark 10:51 Hb for my teacher

Cross references

1. 10:1-12 : Mt 19:1-2
2. 10:1 : Lk 1:5
3. 10:1 : Mt 4:15, 25; Lk 3:3; Jn 1:28; 3:26; 10:40
4. 10:1 : Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11
5. 10:2 : Mk 7:3
6. 10:2 : Jms 1:13
7. 10:2 : Jn 18:31
8. 10:2 : Lv 21:7
9. 10:2 : 1Pt 3:1
10. 10:3 : Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2
11. 10:4 : Mt 5:31
12. 10:4 : Dt 24:1, 3
13. 10:5 : Mk 16:14
14. 10:6 : Jn 1:1; Ac 26:4
15. 10:6 : Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14
16. 10:6 : Gn 1:27; 5:2
17. 10:7 : Lk 15:4
18. 10:7-8 : Gn 2:24
19. 10:9 : 1Co 7:10-15; Heb 7:26
20. 10:11 : 1Pt 3:1
21. 10:11 : 1Tm 5:14
22. 10:11 : Mt 5:27-28
23. 10:12 : Mt 1:19
24. 10:13-16 : Mt 19:13-15; Lk 18:15-17
25. 10:13 : Lk 1:7
26. 10:13 : 2Tm 4:2
27. 10:14 : Lk 13:14
28. 10:14 : Lk 14:26
29. 10:14 : 1Co 14:39
30. 10:14 : Mk 1:15
31. 10:15 : Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21
32. 10:15 : Ac 17:11
33. 10:15 : Lk 1:7
34. 10:16 : 1Tm 5:22
35. 10:16 : Gn 48:15
36. 10:17-31 : Mt 19:16-30; Lk 18:18-30
37. 10:17 : Mk 8:27
38. 10:17 : Mt 17:14; 27:29; Mk 1:40
39. 10:17 : Gn 1:31
40. 10:17 : Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11
41. 10:17 : Rv 21:7
42. 10:17 : Lk 10:25-28; Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48
43. 10:18 : Ps 69:16
44. 10:19 : Mt 5:21
45. 10:19 : Mt 5:27-28
46. 10:19 : Eph 4:28
47. 10:19 : Pr 6:19
48. 10:19 : 1Co 6:7-8; 7:5; 1Tm 6:5; Jms 5:4
49. 10:19 : 1Tm 5:3
50. 10:19 : Ex 21:15
51. 10:20 : Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11
52. 10:21 : Lk 6:35; 2Th 2:13; Heb 12:6
53. 10:21 : Mk 14:7; Rm 15:26
54. 10:21 : 2Co 4:7
55. 10:21 : Mt 6:20; 13:44; Lk 12:33
56. 10:21 : Jn 8:12
57. 10:22 : 2Co 2:2
58. 10:22 : Ac 2:45; 5:1
59. 10:23 : Ac 4:37; 8:18, 20; 24:26
60. 10:23 : Mk 1:15
61. 10:24 : Lk 1:7
62. 10:25 : Gn 24:35; Rv 2:9
63. 10:26 : Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8
64. 10:27 : Heb 6:4
65. 10:28 : Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32
66. 10:29 : Rv 22:21
67. 10:29 : Mk 1:1; Php 1:5
68. 10:30 : Lk 21:8
69. 10:30 : Lk 20:10
70. 10:30 : Mt 13:21
71. 10:30 : Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48
72. 10:30 : Mt 12:32; Lk 20:35; Eph 1:21; 2:7
73. 10:31 : Mk 9:35
74. 10:32-34 : Mt 20:17-19; Lk 18:31-34
75. 10:32 : Ps 79:1; Mt 23:37
76. 10:32 : Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
77. 10:32 : Jn 6:61
78. 10:33 : Mk 2:10
79. 10:33 : Mt 2:4
80. 10:33-34 : Mk 8:31; 9:31
81. 10:34 : Mt 16:21; Ac 2:24
82. 10:34 : Lk 9:22
83. 10:35-45 : Mt 20:20-28
84. 10:35 : Ac 12:2
85. 10:35 : Jn 21:7
86. 10:35 : Jn 21:2
87. 10:35 : Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11
88. 10:37 : Mt 19:28; Lk 9:26
89. 10:38 : Jn 11:22
90. 10:38 : Ps 75:8
91. 10:38 : Lk 12:50; Ac 22:16
92. 10:38 : Lk 12:50; Rm 6:3; 2Co 4:10-11; Gl 2:20
93. 10:39 : Ac 12:2; Rv 1:9
94. 10:41 : Jn 21:7
95. 10:42 : Ac 19:16; 1Pt 5:3
96. 10:43 : Mk 9:35; 10:45
97. 10:43-44 : Lk 22:26
98. 10:44 : Mt 10:24; Php 2:7; Rv 1:1
99. 10:45 : Mk 2:10
100. 10:45 : Jn 13:13-15; Php 2:7
101. 10:45 : Jn 6:51; 10:15; Gl 2:20
102. 10:45 : Lv 27:31; Ps 49:8; Mt 26:28; Eph 1:7
103. 10:45 : Is 52:13–53:12; Mt 20:28
104. 10:46-52 : Mt 20:29-34; Lk 18:35-43
105. 10:46 : Nm 22:1
106. 10:46 : Mt 15:14
107. 10:46 : Jn 9:8
108. 10:46 : Mk 8:27
109. 10:47 : Mk 14:67
110. 10:47 : 2Ch 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3
111. 10:47 : Mt 5:7; Mk 5:19; Lk 1:50
112. 10:47 : Mt 15:22; 17:15; Mk 10:48; Lk 16:24
113. 10:48 : Mk 10:47
114. 10:49 : Jn 16:33
115. 10:50 : Lk 19:36
116. 10:51 : Mk 1:40
117. 10:51 : Jn 20:16
118. 10:52 : Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56; Lk 5:20