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Mark 10

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  1. 1
    WEBHe 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.
    KJVAnd he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
  2. 2
    WEBPharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
    KJVAnd the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
  3. 3
    WEBHe answered, “What did Moses command you?”
    KJVAnd he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
  4. 4
    WEBThey said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”
    KJVAnd they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
  5. 5
    WEBBut Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
    KJVAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
  6. 6
    WEBBut from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
    KJVBut from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
  7. 7
    WEBFor this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
    KJVFor this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
  8. 8
    WEBand the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
    KJVAnd they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
  9. 9
    WEBWhat therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
    KJVWhat therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  10. 10
    WEBIn the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
    KJVAnd in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
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    WEBHe said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
    KJVAnd he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
  12. 12
    WEBIf a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
    KJVAnd if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
  13. 13
    WEBThey were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
    KJVAnd they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
  14. 14
    WEBBut 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.
    KJVBut when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
  15. 15
    WEBMost certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
    KJVVerily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
  16. 16
    WEBHe took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
    KJVAnd he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
  17. 17
    WEBAs 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?”
    KJVAnd when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
  18. 18
    WEBJesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.
    KJVAnd Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
  19. 19
    WEBYou 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.’”
    KJVThou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
  20. 20
    WEBHe said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.”
    KJVAnd he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
  21. 21
    WEBJesus 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.”
    KJVThen Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
  22. 22
    WEBBut his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
    KJVAnd he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
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    WEBJesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”
    KJVAnd Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
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    WEBThe 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!
    KJVAnd the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
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    WEBIt is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
    KJVIt 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.
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    WEBThey were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”
    KJVAnd they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
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    WEBJesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
    KJVAnd Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
  28. 28
    WEBPeter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all and have followed you.”
    KJVThen Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
  29. 29
    WEBJesus 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,
    KJVAnd Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
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    WEBbut 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.
    KJVBut he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
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    WEBBut many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
    KJVBut many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
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    WEBThey 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.
    KJVAnd they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
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    WEB“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.
    KJVSaying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
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    WEBThey will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
    KJVAnd they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  35. 35
    WEBJames and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”
    KJVAnd James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
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    WEBHe said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
    KJVAnd he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
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    WEBThey said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
    KJVThey said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
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    WEBBut 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?”
    KJVBut Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
  39. 39
    WEBThey 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;
    KJVAnd they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
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    WEBbut to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
    KJVBut to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
  41. 41
    WEBWhen the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.
    KJVAnd when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
  42. 42
    WEBJesus 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.
    KJVBut Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
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    WEBBut it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
    KJVBut so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
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    WEBWhoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all.
    KJVAnd whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
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    WEBFor the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
    KJVFor even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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    WEBThey 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.
    KJVAnd they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging.
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    WEBWhen he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
    KJVAnd when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
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    WEBMany rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
    KJVAnd many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
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    WEBJesus stood still and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
    KJVAnd Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
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    WEBHe, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
    KJVAnd he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
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    WEBJesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.”
    KJVAnd Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
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    WEBJesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way.
    KJVAnd Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
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