Mark 10

1He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.Cross-references: Eccl 12:9 · Jer 32:33 · Matt 4:23 · Matt 19:1 · Mark 2:13 · Mark 4:2 · +5 more

2Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”Cross-references: Mal 2:16 · Matt 5:31 · Matt 9:34 · Matt 15:12 · Matt 16:1 · Matt 19:3 · +17 more

3He answered, “What did Moses command you?”Cross-references: Isa 8:20 · Luke 10:25 · John 5:39 · Gal 4:21

4They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”Cross-references: Deut 24:1 · Isa 50:1 · Jer 3:1 · Matt 1:19 · Matt 5:31 · Matt 19:7

5But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.Cross-references: Deut 9:6 · Deut 31:27 · Neh 9:16 · Neh 9:26 · Matt 19:8 · Acts 7:51 · +1 more

6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.Cross-references: Gen 1:1 · Gen 1:27 · Gen 2:20 · Gen 5:2 · Mal 2:14 · Mark 13:19 · +1 more

7For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,Cross-references: Gen 2:24 · Matt 19:5 · Eph 5:31

8and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.Cross-references: Gen 2:24 · 1Cor 6:16 · Eph 5:28

9What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”Cross-references: 1Chr 7:10 · Rom 7:1

10In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.Cross-references: Mark 4:10 · Mark 9:28 · Mark 9:33

11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.Cross-references: Matt 5:31 · Matt 19:9 · Luke 16:18 · Rom 7:3 · 1Cor 7:4 · 1Cor 7:10 · +1 more

12If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”Cross-references: 1Cor 7:11 · 1Cor 7:13

13They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.Cross-references: Ex 10:9 · Deut 31:12 · Joel 2:16 · Matt 19:13 · Mark 9:38 · Mark 10:48 · +1 more

14But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.Cross-references: Gen 17:7 · Gen 17:10 · Num 14:31 · Deut 4:37 · Deut 29:11 · 1Sam 1:11 · +25 more

15Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”Cross-references: Matt 18:3 · Luke 18:17 · John 3:3

16He took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.Cross-references: Gen 48:14 · Deut 28:3 · Isa 40:11 · Mark 9:36 · Luke 2:28 · Luke 24:50 · +1 more

17As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”Cross-references: Dan 6:10 · Matt 17:14 · Matt 19:16 · Matt 25:34 · Matt 28:8 · Mark 1:40 · +17 more

18Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:2 · Ps 36:7 · Ps 86:5 · Ps 119:68 · Matt 19:17 · Luke 18:19 · +5 more

19You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”Cross-references: Ex 20:12 · Deut 5:16 · Isa 8:20 · Matt 5:17 · Matt 19:17 · Mark 12:28 · +9 more

20He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.”Cross-references: Isa 58:2 · Ezek 5:14 · Ezek 33:31 · Mal 3:8 · Matt 19:20 · Luke 10:29 · +4 more

21Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”Cross-references: Gen 34:19 · Prov 23:23 · Isa 63:8 · Matt 6:19 · Matt 13:44 · Matt 16:24 · +22 more

22But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.Cross-references: Gen 13:5 · Deut 6:10 · Deut 8:11 · Job 21:7 · Ezek 33:31 · Matt 13:22 · +12 more

23Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”Cross-references: Matt 18:3 · Matt 19:23 · Mark 3:5 · Mark 5:32 · Mark 10:15 · Luke 18:24 · +5 more

24The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!Cross-references: Job 31:24 · Ps 17:14 · Ps 49:6 · Ps 52:7 · Ps 62:10 · Prov 11:28 · +20 more

25It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”Cross-references: Jer 13:23 · Matt 7:3 · Matt 19:24 · Matt 23:24 · Luke 18:25

26They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”Cross-references: Mark 6:51 · Mark 7:37 · Luke 13:23 · Luke 18:26 · Acts 16:31 · Rom 10:9 · +1 more

27Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”Cross-references: Gen 18:13 · Num 11:21 · 2Ki 7:2 · Job 42:2 · Jer 32:17 · Jer 32:27 · +7 more

28Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all and have followed you.”Cross-references: Matt 4:20 · Matt 4:22 · Matt 19:27 · Mark 1:16 · Luke 14:33 · Luke 18:28 · +1 more

29Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,Cross-references: Gen 12:1 · Gen 45:20 · Deut 33:9 · Matt 5:10 · Matt 10:18 · Mark 8:35 · +4 more

30but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.Cross-references: 2Chr 25:9 · Ps 84:11 · Prov 3:9 · Prov 16:16 · Mal 3:10 · Matt 5:11 · +23 more

31But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”Cross-references: Matt 8:11 · Matt 19:30 · Matt 20:16 · Matt 21:31 · Luke 7:29 · Luke 7:40 · +4 more

32They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.Cross-references: Zech 3:8 · Matt 11:25 · Matt 13:11 · Matt 20:17 · Mark 4:34 · Luke 9:51 · +4 more

33“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.Cross-references: Matt 16:21 · Matt 17:22 · Matt 20:17 · Matt 26:66 · Matt 27:2 · Mark 8:31 · +14 more

34They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”Cross-references: Job 30:10 · Ps 16:10 · Ps 22:6 · Ps 22:13 · Isa 50:6 · Isa 53:3 · +16 more

35James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”Cross-references: 2Sam 14:4 · 1Ki 2:16 · 1Ki 2:20 · Matt 20:20 · Mark 1:19 · Mark 5:37 · +2 more

36He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”Cross-references: 1Ki 3:5 · Mark 10:51 · John 15:7

37They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.”Cross-references: 1Ki 22:19 · Ps 45:9 · Ps 110:1 · Matt 19:28 · Matt 25:31 · Mark 8:38 · +3 more

38But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”Cross-references: 1Ki 2:22 · Ps 75:8 · Isa 51:22 · Jer 25:15 · Jer 45:5 · Matt 20:21 · +7 more

39They said to him, “We are able.” Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;Cross-references: Matt 10:25 · Mark 14:31 · Mark 14:36 · John 13:37 · John 15:20 · John 17:14 · +3 more

40but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”Cross-references: Matt 20:23 · Matt 25:34 · John 17:2 · John 17:24 · Heb 11:16

41When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.Cross-references: Prov 13:10 · Matt 20:24 · Mark 9:33 · Luke 22:24 · Rom 12:10 · Phil 2:3 · +1 more

42Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.Cross-references: Matt 20:25 · Luke 22:25 · 1Pet 5:3

43But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.Cross-references: Matt 20:26 · Matt 23:8 · Mark 9:35 · Luke 9:48 · Luke 14:11 · Luke 18:14 · +6 more

44Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.

45For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”Cross-references: Isa 53:10 · Dan 9:24 · Dan 9:26 · Matt 20:28 · Luke 22:26 · John 10:15 · +9 more

46They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.Cross-references: Matt 20:29 · Luke 16:20 · Luke 16:22 · Luke 18:35 · John 9:8 · Acts 3:2

47When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”Cross-references: Isa 9:6 · Isa 11:1 · Jer 23:5 · Matt 1:1 · Matt 2:23 · Matt 9:27 · +18 more

48Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”Cross-references: Gen 32:24 · Ps 62:12 · Jer 29:13 · Matt 15:23 · Matt 19:13 · Matt 20:31 · +7 more

49Jesus stood still and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”Cross-references: Ps 86:15 · Ps 145:8 · Matt 20:32 · Luke 18:40 · John 11:28 · Heb 2:17 · +1 more

50He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.Cross-references: Phil 3:7 · Heb 12:1

51Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.”Cross-references: 2Chr 1:7 · Matt 6:8 · Matt 7:7 · Matt 23:7 · Mark 10:36 · Luke 18:41 · +2 more

52Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way.Cross-references: Ps 33:9 · Ps 146:8 · Isa 29:18 · Isa 35:5 · Isa 42:16 · Matt 9:22 · +15 more