1 At|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" conclusion of|strong="G3056" this|strong="G3778" teaching|strong="G3056", Jesus|strong="G2424" withdrew|strong="G2424" from|strong="G2064" Galilee|strong="G1056", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" district|strong="G3725" of|strong="G3056" Judea|strong="G2449" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" Jordan|strong="G2446".
2 Great|strong="G4183" crowds|strong="G3793" followed him|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2323" them|strong="G1438" there|strong="G1563".
3 Presently some|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532", to|strong="G2532" test|strong="G3985" him|strong="G3588", said|strong="G3004", ‘Has|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" right to|strong="G2532" divorce his|strong="G3956" wife|strong="G1135" for|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" cause|strong="G2596"?’
4 ‘Haven’\+w t|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* read,’ replied|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", ‘\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* beginning \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Creator|strong="G2936"\+w* “\+w made|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* male \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w female|strong="G2338"\+w*,”
5 \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* – “\+w For|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w reason|strong="G1752"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G2641"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* united \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w*”?
6 \+w So|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w longer|strong="G3765"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w*. \+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* himself, \+w then|strong="G3767"\+w*, \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* yoked \+w together|strong="G4801"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4561"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w separate|strong="G5563"\+w*.’
7 ‘Why|strong="G5101", then|strong="G3767",’ they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘did|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475" direct that|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5101" should|strong="G2532" serve his|strong="G1438" wife with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" notice of|strong="G2532" separation and|strong="G2532" divorce her|strong="G1325"?’
8 ‘\+w Moses|strong="G3475"\+w*, owing \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w hardness|strong="G4641"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hearts|strong="G4641"\+w*,’ answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", ‘\+w permitted|strong="G2010"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* divorce \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wives|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w at|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* beginning.
9 \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* divorces \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w except|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* ground \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* serious \+w sexual|strong="G4202"\+w* sin, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w marries|strong="G1060"\+w* \+w another|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* guilty \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w adultery|strong="G3429"\+w*.’
10 ‘If|strong="G1487" that|strong="G3588",’ said|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101", ‘is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" position of|strong="G3101" a|strong="G1510" man|strong="G3756" with|strong="G3326" regard to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G3326" wife|strong="G1135", it|strong="G1487" is|strong="G1510" better|strong="G4851" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3004" marry|strong="G1060".’
11 ‘\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G3956"\+w*,’ replied|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", ‘\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w accept|strong="G5562"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G3056"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w so|strong="G1161"\+w*.
12 \+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* incapable \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* marriage \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w born|strong="G1080"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3779"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2134"\+w* \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w while|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* stay single \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sake|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* kingdom \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*. \+w Accept|strong="G5562"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w can|strong="G1410"\+w*.’
13 Then|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" little children|strong="G3813" were|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2532", for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" place|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336"; but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" found|strong="G2532" fault with|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G4374" them|strong="G3588".
14 Jesus|strong="G2424", however|strong="G1161", said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w Let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* little \+w children|strong="G3813"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w hinder|strong="G2967"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* childlike \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* kingdom \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="G1510"\+w*.’
15 So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" on|strong="G5495" his|strong="G2007" way|strong="G4198".
16 A|strong="G2192" man|strong="G1520" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘Teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" good|strong="G5101" thing|strong="G1520" must|strong="G4160" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2443" obtain|strong="G2192" eternal life|strong="G2222"?’
17 ‘\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* goodness?’ answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004". ‘\+w There|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w only|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w good|strong="G5101"\+w*. \+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w life|strong="G2222"\+w*, \+w keep|strong="G5083"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w commandments|strong="G1785"\+w*.’
18 ‘What|strong="G4169" commandments?’ asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3756". ‘\+w These|strong="G3588"\+w*,’ answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", – ‘“\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2813"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w kill|strong="G5407"\+w*. \+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2813"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w commit|strong="G3431"\+w* \+w adultery|strong="G3431"\+w*. \+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2813"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w steal|strong="G2813"\+w*. \+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2813"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G4169"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w false|strong="G5576"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*.
19 \+w Honour|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*.” \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* “\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* love \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w neighbour|strong="G4139"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* love \+w yourself|strong="G4572"\+w*.”’
20 ‘I|strong="G3778" have|strong="G3956" observed|strong="G5442" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778",’ said|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3778". ‘What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" wanting in|strong="G3956" me|strong="G3004"?’
21 ‘\+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w wish|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w perfect|strong="G5046"\+w*,’ answered|strong="G5346" Jesus|strong="G2424", ‘\+w go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sell|strong="G4453"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w property|strong="G5225"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w poor|strong="G4434"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* wealth \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*; \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1204"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* follow \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w*.’
22 On|strong="G1161" hearing these|strong="G3588" words|strong="G3056", the|strong="G1161" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3495" went|strong="G3588" away distressed|strong="G3076", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2192" great|strong="G4183" possessions|strong="G2933".
23 At|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101", ‘\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rich|strong="G4145"\+w* person \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* find \+w it|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w hard|strong="G1423"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* kingdom \+w of|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*!
24 \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w again|strong="G3825"\+w*, \+w it|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w easier|strong="G2123"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w camel|strong="G2574"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* get \+w through|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w needle|strong="G4476"\+w*’s eye \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rich|strong="G4145"\+w* person \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* kingdom \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*!’
25 On|strong="G1161" hearing this|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1161" disciples|strong="G3101" exclaimed|strong="G3004" in|strong="G3004" great astonishment, ‘Who|strong="G5101" then|strong="G1161" can|strong="G1410" possibly be|strong="G1410" saved|strong="G4982"?’
26 But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G1689" at|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w With|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* impossible, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w everything|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w possible|strong="G1415"\+w*.’ Then|strong="G1161" Peter turned and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424",
27 ‘But|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" – we|strong="G2249" left everything|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" followed you|strong="G4771"; what|strong="G5101", then|strong="G2532", will|strong="G5101" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532"?’
28 ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*,’ answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", ‘\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* new creation, \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w takes|strong="G2523"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w seat|strong="G2523"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w throne|strong="G2362"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w glory|strong="G1391"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* followed \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seated|strong="G2521"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w twelve|strong="G1427"\+w* \+w thrones|strong="G2362"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w judges|strong="G2919"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w twelve|strong="G1427"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="G5443"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*.
29 \+w Everyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3962"\+w* left \+w houses|strong="G3614"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* brothers, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* sisters, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w children|strong="G5043"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* land, \+w for|strong="G1752"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sake|strong="G1752"\+w*, \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4179"\+w* \+w times|strong="G4179"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w much|strong="G4179"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* gain eternal \+w life|strong="G2222"\+w*.
30 \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w last|strong="G2078"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w last|strong="G2078"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w*.