Mark 10 - Want v. Need
Let go of what you want to gain what you need.
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Mark 10 (ESV)
1 And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan,
and crowds gathered to him again.
And again,
as was his custom,
he taught them.
2 And Pharisees came up
and in order to test him
asked,
“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 He answered them,
“What did Moses command you?”
4 They said,
“Moses allowed a man
to write a certificate of divorce
and to send her away.”
5 And Jesus said to them,
“Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
6 But from the beginning of creation,
‘God made them male and female.’
7 ‘Therefore a man
shall leave his father and mother
and hold fast to his wife,
8 and the two shall become one flesh.’
So
they are no longer two
but one flesh.
9 What therefore
God has joined together,
let not man separate.”
10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
11 And he said to them,
“Whoever
divorces his wife
and marries another
commits adultery against her,
12 and if
she divorces her husband and marries another,
she commits adultery.”
13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them,
“Let the children
come to me;
do not hinder them,
for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not
receive the kingdom of God
like a child
shall not enter it.”
16 And he
took them in his arms
and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
17 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?”
18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good?
No one is good except God alone.
19 You know the commandments:
‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness,
Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’ ”
20 And he said to him,
“Teacher, all these I have kept
from my youth.”
21 And Jesus, looking at him,
loved him,
and said to him, “You lack one thing:
go,
sell all that you have
and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow me.”
22 Disheartened by the saying,
he went away sorrowful,
for he had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,
“How difficult it will be
for those who have wealth
to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 And the disciples were amazed at his words.
But Jesus said to them again,
“Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 And they
were exceedingly astonished,
and said to him, “Then who can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said,
“With man it is impossible,
but not with God.
For all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter began to say to him,
“See, we have left everything
and followed you.”
29 Jesus said, “Truly, I say to 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 gospel,
30 who will not receive
a hundredfold now in this time,
houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands,
with persecutions,
and in the age to come eternal life.
31 But
many who are first will be last,
and the last first.”
32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them.
And
they were amazed,
and those who followed were afraid.
And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, 33 saying,
“See, we are going up to Jerusalem,
and the Son of Man will be delivered over
to the chief priests and the scribes,
and they will
condemn him to death
and deliver him over to the Gentiles.
34 And they will
mock him and spit on him,
and flog him and kill him.
And after three days he will rise.”
35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him,
“Teacher, we want you
to do for us
whatever we ask of you.” 3
6 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
37 And they said to him,
“Grant us to sit,
one at your right hand
and one at your left,
in your glory.”
38 Jesus said to them,
“You do not know what you are asking.
Are you able
to drink the cup that I drink,
or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”