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And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;

And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"

And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimae'us, a blind beggar, the son of Timae'us, was sitting by the roadside.

And throwing off his mantle he sprang up and came to Jesus.

And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Beth'phage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

And he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Hero'di-ans, to entrap him in his talk.

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.