Mark 10-11

Mark 10

¹And rising up thence he comes into the coasts of Judaea, and the other side of the Jordan. And again crowds come together to him, and, as he was accustomed, again he taught them.

²And Pharisees coming to him asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (tempting him).

³But he answering said to them, What did Moses command you?

⁴And they said, Moses allowed to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.

⁵And Jesus answering said to them, In view of your hard-heartedness he wrote this commandment for you;

⁶but from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

⁷For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,

⁸and the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

⁹What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

¹⁰And again in the house the disciples asked him concerning this.

¹¹And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.

¹²And if a woman put away her husband and shall marry another, she commits adultery.

¹³And they brought little children to him that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those that brought them.

¹⁴But Jesus seeing it, was indignant, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁵Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter into it.

¹⁶And having taken them in his arms, having laid his hands on them, he blessed them.

¹⁷And as he went forth into the way, a person ran up to him, and kneeling to him asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

¹⁸But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? no one is good but one, that is God.

¹⁹Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.

²⁰And he answering said to him, Teacher, all these things have I kept from my youth.

²¹And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, One thing lackest thou: go, sell whatever thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.

²²But he, sad at the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.

²³And Jesus looking around says to his disciples, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

²⁴And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God!

²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished, saying to one another, And who can be saved?

²⁷But Jesus looking on them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.

²⁸Peter began to say to him, Behold, *we* have left all things and have followed thee.

²⁹Jesus answering said, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

³⁰that shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the coming age life eternal.

³¹But many first shall be last, and the last first.

³²And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on before them; and they were amazed, and were afraid as they followed. And taking the twelve again to him, he began to tell them what was going to happen to him:

³³Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him up to the nations:

³⁴and they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

³⁵And there come to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Teacher, we would that whatsoever we may ask thee, thou wouldst do it for us.

³⁶And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?

³⁷And they said to him, Give to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy glory.

³⁸And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which *I* drink, or be baptised with the baptism that *I* am baptised with?

³⁹And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that *I* drink ye will drink and with the baptism that *I* am baptised with ye will be baptised,

⁴⁰but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but for those for whom it is prepared.

⁴¹And the ten having heard of it, began to be indignant about James and John.

⁴²But Jesus having called them to him, says to them, Ye know that those who are esteemed to rule over the nations exercise lordship over them; and their great men exercise authority over them;

⁴³but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;

⁴⁴and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

⁴⁵For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.

⁴⁶And they come to Jericho, and as he was going out from Jericho, and his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind man, sat by the wayside begging.

⁴⁷And having heard that it was Jesus the Nazaraean, he began to cry out and to say, O Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me.

⁴⁸And many rebuked him, that he might be silent; but he cried so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

⁴⁹And Jesus, standing still, desired him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him, Be of good courage, rise up, he calls thee.

⁵⁰And, throwing away his garment, he started up and came to Jesus.

⁵¹And Jesus answering says to him, What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that I may see.

⁵²And Jesus said to him, Go, thy faith has healed thee. And he saw immediately, and followed him in the way.

Mark 11

¹And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples,

²and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here.

³And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.

⁴And they departed, and found a colt bound to the door without at the crossway, and they loose him.

⁵And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt?

⁶And they said to them as Jesus had commanded. And they let them do it.

⁷And they led the colt to Jesus, and cast their clothes upon it, and he sat on it;

⁸and many strewed their clothes on the way, and others cut down branches from the trees and went on strewing them on the way.

⁹And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed be he that comes in the Lord's name.

¹⁰Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest!

¹¹And he entered into Jerusalem and into the temple; and having looked round on all things, the hour being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

¹²And on the morrow, when they were gone out of Bethany, he hungered.

¹³And seeing from afar off a fig-tree which had leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find something on it. And having come up to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time of figs.

¹⁴And answering he said to it, Let no one eat fruit of thee any more for ever. And his disciples heard it.

¹⁵And they come to Jerusalem, and entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and who bought in the temple, and he overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of the dove-sellers,

¹⁶and suffered not that any one should carry any package through the temple.

¹⁷And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

¹⁸And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the crowd were astonished at his doctrine.

¹⁹And when it was evening he went forth without the city.

²⁰And passing by early in the morning they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

²¹And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.

²²And Jesus answering says to them, Have faith in God.

²³Verily I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but believe that what he says takes place, whatever he shall say shall come to pass for him.

²⁴For this reason I say to you, All things whatsoever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come to pass for you.

²⁵And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your offences.

²⁶But if *ye* do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offences.

²⁷And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him,

²⁸and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?

²⁹And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

³⁰The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me.

³¹And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why then have ye not believed him?

³²but should we say, Of men -- they feared the people; for all held of John that he was truly a prophet.

³³And they answering say to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus answering says to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.