Mark 9:30-10:12

New King James Version

Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection

³⁰ Then they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know it. ^31 (A)For He taught His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will ^(B)kill Him. And after He is killed, He will ^(C)rise the third day.” ³² But they ^(D)did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

Who Is the Greatest?^(E)

^33 (F)Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you ^[a]disputed among yourselves on the road?” ³⁴ But they kept silent, for on the road they had ^(G)disputed among themselves who would be the ^(H)greatest. ³⁵ And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ^(I)“If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” ³⁶ Then ^(J)He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, ³⁷ “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and ^(K)whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”

Jesus Forbids Sectarianism^(L)

^38 (M)Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.”

³⁹ But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, ^(N)for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. ⁴⁰ For ^(O)he who is not against ^[b]us is on ^[c]our side. ^41 (P)For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.

Jesus Warns of Offenses^(Q)

^42 (R)“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me ^[d]to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. ^43 (S)If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life ^[e]maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to ^[f]hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— ^44 [g]where

⁴⁵ And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into ^[h]hell, ^[i]into the fire that shall never be quenched— ⁴⁶ where

⁴⁷ And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into ^[j]hell fire— ⁴⁸ where

Tasteless Salt Is Worthless

⁴⁹ “For everyone will be ^(X)seasoned with fire, ^(Y)and^[k] every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. ^50 (Z)Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? ^(AA)Have salt in yourselves, and ^(AB)have peace with one another.”

Marriage and Divorce^(AC)

10 Then ^(AD)He arose from there and came to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes gathered to Him again, and as He was accustomed, He taught them again.

^2 (AE)The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.

³ And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

⁴ They said, ^(AF)“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.”

⁵ And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this ^[l]precept. ⁶ But from the beginning of the creation, God ^(AG)‘made them male and female.’ ^7 (AH)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, ⁸ and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

¹⁰ In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. ¹¹ So He said to them, ^(AI)“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. ¹² And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”