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1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea [Praise] and beyond the Jordan [Descender]. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. 2 Pharisees [Separated] came to him testing him, and asked him, “Does the Torah ·Teaching· permit a man to divorce his wife?”
3 He answered, “What did Moses [Drawn out] enjoin unto you?”
4 They said, “Moses [Drawn out] allowed a certificate of divorce to be written , * and to divorce her.”
5 But Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. † 7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. ‡ 9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter. 11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits moichao ·act of adultery· against her. 12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits moichao ·act of adultery·.”
13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. 14 But when Yeshua [Salvation] 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. 15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.” 16 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
17 §As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Rabbi ·Teacher·, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
18 Yeshua [Salvation] said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one— God’s Torah ·Teaching·. * 19 You know the mitzvot ·instructions·: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not moicheuo ·commit adultery·,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’ ” †
20 ‡He said to him, “Rabbi ·Teacher·, I have observed all these things from my youth.”
21 Looking at him, Yeshua [Salvation] felt agapao ·total devoted love· towards 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 execution-stake.”
22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. 23 Yeshua [Salvation] looked around, and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Yeshua [Salvation] answered again, “Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye (small door of city gate), than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
26 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”
27 Yeshua [Salvation], looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter [Rock] began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed you.”
29 Yeshua [Salvation] 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, 30 but 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. 31 But many who are first will be last; and the last first.”
32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem [City of peace]; and Yeshua [Salvation] 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. 33 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem [City of peace]. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the Torah-Teachers. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles. 34 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, § and kill him. On the third day he will rise * again.”
35 James [Surplanter] and John [Yah is gracious], the sons of Zebedee [Bestowed by Yah], came near to him, saying, “Rabbi ·Teacher·, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”
36 He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
37 They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
38 But Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with?”
39 They said to him, “We are able.”
Yeshua [Salvation] said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with; 40 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James [Surplanter] and John [Yah is gracious].
42 Yeshua [Salvation] 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. 43 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant. 44 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bond-servant of all. 45 †For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
46 They came to Jericho [Fragrant, Moon]. As he went out from Jericho [Fragrant, Moon], with his disciples and a great multitude, ‡Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Yeshua [Salvation] the Nazarene [person from Branch, Separated one], he began to cry out, and say, “Yeshua [Salvation], you son of David [Beloved], have mercy on me!” 48 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David [Beloved], have mercy on me!”
49 Yeshua [Salvation] stood still, and said, “Call him.”
They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
50 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Yeshua [Salvation].
51 Yeshua [Salvation] asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”
The blind man said to him, “ Rabboni ·My teacher!· I want to see again.”
52 Yeshua [Salvation] said to him, “Go your way. Your trusting faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Yeshua [Salvation] on the way.
* 10:4 . Quoted from Deut 24:1 † 10:6 . Quoted from Gen 1:27, 5:2 ‡ 10:8 . (7-8) Quoted from Gen 2:24 § 10:17 . MPr: “I will take you, O King Messiah, and make you to go up into my Temple. There you shall teach me to tremble before Yahweh, and to walk in His ways. There we shall hold the Feast of Leviathan, and drink the old wine, which has been kept in its grapes from the day the world was created, and eat of the pomegranates and of the fruits which are prepared for the just in the Garden of Eden.” (Targum Song of Songs 8:1) A prominent tradition in Judaism is, Leviathan’s purpose is to be the main course in the feast of righteous at the Garden of Eden. (Talmud Baba Batra 75). (Song of Songs 8:1) * 10:18 See note on Matt 19:6-18 † 10:19 . Quoted from Ex 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20 ‡ 10:20 (20-22) MPr: The King Messiah will be revealed to the congregation of Israel. And the children of Israel shall say to Him, “Come and be a brother to us, and let us go up to Jerusalem. And there we will together suck the meaning of Torah, as an infant its mother’s breast.” (Targum Song of Songs 8:1). (Song of Songs 8:1) § 10:34 . Quoted from Is 50:6 * 10:34 . Quoted from Hos 6:2 † 10:45 . MP: “All people will serve” this Son of Man. The word for serve in Aramaic and Greek, pelach, refers to service due to God. (Dan 7:14, 7:27) ‡ 10:46 b (+49-52) MP: Messiah will heal deaf and blind. (See also Is 35:5). (Is 29:18)