Mark 10 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jesus’ Teaching about Divorce

10 ^(A)Setting out from there, Jesus *went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds *gathered to Him again, and, ^(B)as He was accustomed, He once more began to teach them.

² And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began questioning Him whether it was lawful for a man to ^[a]divorce his wife. ³ And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴ They said, “^(C)Moses permitted a man to write a ^[b]certificate of divorce and ^[c]send his wife away.” ⁵ But Jesus said to them, “^[d](D)Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶ But ^(E)from the beginning of creation, God ^(F)created them male and female. ^{7 (G)}For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother^[e], ^{8 (H)}and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.”

¹⁰ And in the house the disciples again began questioning Him about this. ¹¹ And He *said to them, “^(I)Whoever ^[f]divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; ¹² and ^(J)if she herself ^[g]divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

^{13 (K)}And they were bringing children to Him so that He would touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Allow the children to come to Me; do not ^[h]forbid them, ^(L)for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁵ Truly I say to you, ^(M)whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” ¹⁶ And He ^(N)took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.

The Rich Young Ruler

^{17 (O)}As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and ^(P)knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do so that I may ^(Q)inherit eternal life?” ¹⁸ But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹ You know the commandments: ‘^(R)Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” ²⁰ And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept ^(S)all these things from my youth.” ²¹ Looking at him, Jesus showed love to him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have ^(T)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” ²² But he ^[i]was deeply dismayed by ^[j]these words, and he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

²³ And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, “^(U)How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!” ²⁴ And the disciples ^(V)were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! ^{25 (W)}It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” ²⁶ And they were even more astonished, and said to Him, “^[k]Then who can be saved?” ²⁷ Looking at them, Jesus *said, “^(X)With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

^{28 (Y)}Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and have followed You.” ²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, ^(Z)there 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 [l]}but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in ^[m]the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in ^(AA)the age to come, eternal life. ³¹ But ^(AB)many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

Jesus’ Sufferings Foretold

^{32 (AC)}Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they ^(AD)were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him, ³³ saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and ^(AE)the Son of Man will be ^[n]handed over to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will ^[o]hand Him over to the Gentiles. ³⁴ And they will mock Him and ^(AF)spit on Him, and flog Him and kill Him; and three days later He will rise from the dead.”

^{35 [p](AG)}James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, *came up to ^[q]Jesus, saying to Him, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.” ³⁶ And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” ³⁷ They said to Him, “^[r]Grant that we ^(AH)may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.” ³⁸ But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(AI)to drink the cup that I drink, or ^(AJ)to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹ They said to Him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink ^(AK)you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. ⁴⁰ But to sit on My right or on My left is not Mine to give; ^(AL)but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

^{41 (AM)}Hearing this, the other ten began to feel indignant with ^[s]James and John. ⁴² Calling them to Himself, Jesus *said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them; and their ^[t]people in high position exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But it is not this way among you; ^(AN)rather, whoever wants to become ^[u]prominent among you shall be your servant; ⁴⁴ and whoever wants to be first among you shall be slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man ^(AO)did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His ^[v]life as a ransom for many.”

Bartimaeus Receives His Sight

^{46 (AP)}Then they *came to Jericho. And later, ^(AQ)as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a beggar who was blind named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. ⁴⁷ And when he heard that it was Jesus the ^(AR)Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, ^(AS)Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁸ Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “^(AT)Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁹ And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him here.” So they *called the man who was blind, saying to him, “^(AU)Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you.” ⁵⁰ And throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus. ⁵¹ And replying to him, Jesus said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And the man who was blind said to Him, “^[w](AV)Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!” ⁵² And Jesus said to him, “Go; ^(AW)your faith has ^[x]made you well.” And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.

Footnotes

1. Mark 10:2 Lit send away, the Heb term for divorce
2. Mark 10:4 Permitting her to remarry
3. Mark 10:4 Or divorce her
4. Mark 10:5 Or With reference to
5. Mark 10:7 Many late mss add and shall cling to his wife
6. Mark 10:11 Or sends away
7. Mark 10:12 Or sends away
8. Mark 10:14 Or prevent
9. Mark 10:22 Or became gloomy at; or was shocked by
10. Mark 10:22 Lit the word
11. Mark 10:26 Lit And
12. Mark 10:30 Lit if he does not
13. Mark 10:30 Lit this time
14. Mark 10:33 Or betrayed
15. Mark 10:33 Or betray
16. Mark 10:35 Or Jacob
17. Mark 10:35 Lit Him
18. Mark 10:37 Lit Give to us
19. Mark 10:41 Or Jacob
20. Mark 10:42 Lit great ones
21. Mark 10:43 Lit great
22. Mark 10:45 Or soul
23. Mark 10:51 I.e., My Master
24. Mark 10:52 Lit saved you

Cross references

1. Mark 10:1 : Mark 10:1-12: Matt 19:1-9
2. Mark 10:1 : Matt 4:23; 26:55; Mark 1:21; 2:13; 4:2; 6:2, 6, 34; 12:35; 14:49
3. Mark 10:4 : Deut 24:1, 3; Matt 5:31
4. Mark 10:5 : Matt 19:8
5. Mark 10:6 : Mark 13:19; 2 Pet 3:4
6. Mark 10:6 : Gen 1:27; 5:2
7. Mark 10:7 : Gen 2:24
8. Mark 10:8 : Gen 2:24
9. Mark 10:11 : Matt 5:32
10. Mark 10:12 : 1 Cor 7:11, 13
11. Mark 10:13 : Mark 10:13-16: Matt 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17
12. Mark 10:14 : Matt 5:3
13. Mark 10:15 : Matt 18:3; 19:14; Luke 18:17; 1 Cor 14:20; 1 Pet 2:2
14. Mark 10:16 : Mark 9:36
15. Mark 10:17 : Mark 10:17-31: Matt 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30
16. Mark 10:17 : Mark 1:40
17. Mark 10:17 : Matt 25:34; Luke 10:25; 18:18; Acts 20:32; Eph 1:18; 1 Pet 1:4
18. Mark 10:19 : Ex 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20
19. Mark 10:20 : Matt 19:20
20. Mark 10:21 : Matt 6:20
21. Mark 10:23 : Matt 19:23
22. Mark 10:24 : Mark 1:27
23. Mark 10:25 : Matt 19:24
24. Mark 10:27 : Matt 19:26
25. Mark 10:28 : Matt 4:20-22
26. Mark 10:29 : Matt 6:33; 19:29; Luke 18:29f
27. Mark 10:30 : Matt 12:32
28. Mark 10:31 : Matt 19:30; 20:16; Luke 13:30
29. Mark 10:32 : Mark 10:32-34: Matt 20:17-19; Luke 18:31-33
30. Mark 10:32 : Mark 1:27
31. Mark 10:33 : Mark 8:31; 9:12
32. Mark 10:34 : Matt 16:21; 26:67; 27:30; Mark 9:31; 14:65
33. Mark 10:35 : Mark 10:35-45: Matt 20:20-28
34. Mark 10:37 : Matt 19:28
35. Mark 10:38 : Matt 20:22
36. Mark 10:38 : Luke 12:50
37. Mark 10:39 : Acts 12:2; Rev 1:9
38. Mark 10:40 : Matt 13:11
39. Mark 10:41 : Mark 10:42-45; Luke 22:25-27
40. Mark 10:43 : Matt 20:26; 23:11; Mark 9:35; Luke 22:26
41. Mark 10:45 : Matt 20:28
42. Mark 10:46 : Mark 10:46-52: Matt 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43
43. Mark 10:46 : Luke 18:35; 19:1
44. Mark 10:47 : Mark 1:24
45. Mark 10:47 : Matt 9:27
46. Mark 10:48 : Matt 9:27
47. Mark 10:49 : Matt 9:2
48. Mark 10:51 : Matt 23:7; John 20:16
49. Mark 10:52 : Matt 9:22