| 1 | And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, |
| 2 | and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. |
| 3 | And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?` |
| 4 | And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made [them], from the beginning a male and a female made them, |
| 5 | and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh? |
| 6 | so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.` |
| 7 | They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?` |
| 8 | He saith to them -- `Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. |
| 9 | `And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.` |
| 10 | His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.` |
| 11 | And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given; |
| 12 | for there are eunuchs who from the mother`s womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive [it] -- let him receive.` |
| 13 | Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. |
| 14 | But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;` |
| 15 | and having laid on them [his] hands, he departed thence. |
| 16 | And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?` |
| 17 | And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.` |
| 18 | He saith to him, `What kind?` And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, |
| 19 | honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.` |
| 20 | The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?` |
| 21 | Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.` |
| 22 | And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions; |
| 23 | and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens; |
| 24 | and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.` |
| 25 | And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?` |
| 26 | And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.` |
| 27 | Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?` |
| 28 | And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; |
| 29 | and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name`s sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit; |
| 30 | and many first shall be last, and last first. |
