Leaving there, Jesus came into the hill-country of Judaea and to the
district across the Jordan, and once again crowds came together to
him. As his custom was, he again continued to teach them. Some
Pharisees came to him and asked him if it was lawful for a man to put
away his wife. They asked this... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE (Mark 10:1-12)... [ Continue Reading ]
They brought little children to Jesus that he might touch them. But
the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw what they were doing he was
vexed and said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and don't
try to stop them for of such is the Kingdom of God. This is the truth
I tell you, whoever... [ Continue Reading ]
As Jesus was going along the road, a man came running to him and threw
himself at his feet and asked him, "Good teacher, what am I to do to
inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good?
There is no one who is good, except one--God. You know the
commandments. You must not kin, y... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, "With what difficulty
will those who have money enter into the Kingdom of God!" His
disciples were amazed at his words. Jesus repeated, "Children, how
difficult it is for those who trust in money to enter into the Kingdom
of God! It is easier for a camel... [ Continue Reading ]
Peter began to say to him, "Look now! We have left everything and have
become your followers." Jesus said, "This is the truth I tell
you--there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or
mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of
the good news who will not get... [ Continue Reading ]
They were on the road, on their way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was
walking ahead of them. They were in a state of astonished
bewilderment, and, as they followed him, they were afraid. Once again
he took the Twelve to him, and began to tell them what was going to
happen to him. "Look you!" He said, ... [ Continue Reading ]
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. "Teacher, they
said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask you." "What do you
want me to do for you?" he said to them. They said to him, "Grant to
us that, in your glory, we may sit one on your right hand and one on
your left." "You do not know... [ Continue Reading ]
When the ten heard about this, they began to be vexed about the action
of James and John. Jesus called them to him. "You are well aware, he
said, "that those who are esteemed good enough to rule over the
Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority
over them. It is not so amon... [ Continue Reading ]
They went to Jericho. As Jesus was passing through Jericho, on his way
out of the city--his disciples and a great crowd were with
him--Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by
the roadside. When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there he began
to shout. "Son of David!" he cri... [ Continue Reading ]