1 Jesus then rose from there and went to the region ofJudea, traveling through the region beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered around him again. And again he taught them, as he was accustomed to do.
2 Thensome Pharisees came up to Jesus and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 He answered them,
4 They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 But Jesus answered them,
10 When they were back in the house,Jesus' disciples asked him aboutthe same subject.
11 So he said to them,
13 Now people were bringing children to Jesus so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebukedthose who were bringing them.
14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them,
16 And taking the children in his arms, he laid his hands on them and blessed them.
17 As he was setting out on the road,a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18 Jesus said to him,
20 The mananswered him, “Teacher, I have kept all these commandments from the time I was a young boy.”
21 As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for the man and said to him,
22 But the man was dejected by what Jesus said and went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again,
26 They were completely astonished at this and said toone another, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said,
28 Peter began to say to him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed yoʋ.”
29 Jesusanswered,
32 Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was walking ahead of them, and they were amazed. Butas they followed they became afraid. Again he took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to him:
35 Then James and John,the sons of Zebedee, came to him andsaid, “Teacher, we want yoʋ to do for us whatever weask.”
36 So he said to them,
37 They said to him, “Grant that one of us may sit on yoʋr right and the other on yoʋr left in yoʋr glory.”
38 But Jesus said to them,
39 They said to him, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them,
41 When the ten heard this, they started becoming indignant with James and John.
42 So Jesus called them over and said to them,
46 Then they came to Jericho. Now as Jesus was leaving Jericho, along with his disciples and a large crowd,the blind man Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus,was sitting by the road begging.
47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!”
48 Many people began rebuking him, telling him to be silent, but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Then Jesus stopped andasked for him to be called over. So they called out to the blind man and said to him, “Take courage and get up; he is calling for yoʋ.”
50 Throwing off his cloak, herose and came to Jesus.
51 Then Jesus said to him,The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, I want to receive my sight.”
52 Jesus said to him,Immediately he received his sight and began following Jesus on the road.