Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Jesus Teaches about Divorce
(Matthew 19.1–12; Luke 16.18)
1 Then Jesus left that place,
went to the province of Judea,
and crossed the Jordan River.
Crowds came flocking to him again,
and he taught them, as he always
did.
2 Some Pharisees came to him
and tried to trap him. “Tell us,” they
asked, “does our Law allow a man to
divorce his wife?”
3 Jesus answered with a question,
“What law did Moses give you?”
4 Their answer was, “Moses gave
permission for a man to write a divorce
notice and send his wife
away.” note
5 Jesus said to them, “Moses
wrote this law for you because you
are so hard to teach.
6 But in the
beginning, at the time of creation,
‘God made them male and female,’
as the scripture says. note
7 ‘And for this
reason a man will leave his father
and mother and unite with his wife, note
8 and the two will become one.’ So
they are no longer two, but one. note
9 Man must not separate, then, what
God has joined together.”
10 When they went back into the
house, the disciples asked Jesus
about this matter.
11 He said to them,
“A man who divorces his wife and
marries another woman commits
adultery against his wife.
12 In the
same way, a woman who divorces
her husband and marries another
man commits adultery.” note
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Jesus Blesses Little Children
(Matthew 19.13–15; Luke 18.15–17)
13 Some people brought children to
Jesus for him to place his hands on
them, but the disciples scolded the
people.
14 When Jesus noticed this,
he was angry and said to his disciples,
“Let the children come to me,
and do not stop them, because the
Kingdom of God belongs to such as
these.
15 I assure you that whoever
does not receive the Kingdom of
God like a child will never enter it.” note
16 Then he took the children in his
arms, placed his hands on each of
them, and blessed them.
The Rich Man
(Matthew 19.16–30; Luke 18.18–30)
17 As Jesus was starting on his way
again, a man ran up, knelt before
him, and asked him, “Good Teacher,
what must I do to receive eternal
life?”
18 “Why do you call me good?”
Jesus asked him. “No one is good
except God alone.
19 You know the
commandments: ‘Do not commit
murder; do not commit adultery; do
not steal; do not accuse anyone
falsely; do not cheat; respect your
father and your mother.’” note
20 “Teacher,” the man said, “ever
since I was young, I have obeyed all
these commandments.”
21 Jesus looked straight at him
with love and said, “You need only
one thing. Go and sell all you have
and give the money to the poor, and
you will have riches in heaven; then
come and follow me.”
22 When the
man heard this, gloom spread over
his face, and he went away sad, because
he was very rich.
23 Jesus looked around at his disciples
and said to them, “How hard it
will be for rich people to enter the
Kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were shocked at
these words, but Jesus went on to
say, “My children, how hard it is to
enter the Kingdom of God!
25 It is
much harder for a rich person to enter
the Kingdom of God than for
a camel to go through the eye of a
needle.”
26 At this the disciples were completely
amazed and asked one another,
“Who, then, can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked straight at them
and answered, “This is impossible
for man but not for God; everything
is possible for God.”
28 Then Peter spoke up, “Look, we
have left everything and followed
you.”
29 “Yes,” Jesus said to them, “and
I tell you that anyone who leaves
home or brothers or sisters or
mother or father or children or fields
for me and for the gospel,
30 will receive
much more in this present age.
He will receive a hundred times
more houses, brothers, sisters,
mothers, children, and fields—and
persecutions as well; and in the age
to come he will receive eternal life.
31 But many who are now first will be
last, and many who are now last will
be first.” note
Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death
(Matthew 20.17–19; Luke 18.31–34)
32 Jesus and his disciples were now
on the road going up to Jerusalem.
Jesus was going ahead of the disciples,
who were filled with alarm; the
people who followed behind were
afraid. Once again Jesus took the
twelve disciples aside and spoke of
the things that were going to happen
to him.
33 “Listen,” he told them, “we
are going up to Jerusalem where the
Son of Man will be handed over to
the chief priests and the teachers of
the Law. They will condemn him to
death and then hand him over to the
Gentiles,
34 who will make fun of
him, spit on him, whip him, and kill
him; but three days later he will rise
to life.”
The Request of James and John
(Matthew 20.20–28)
35 Then James and John, the sons
of Zebedee, came to Jesus.
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“Teacher,” they said, “there is something
we want you to do for us.”
36 “What is it?” Jesus asked them.
37 They answered, “When you sit
on your throne in your glorious
Kingdom, we want you to let us sit
with you, one at your right and one
at your left.”
38 Jesus said to them, “You don't
know what you are asking for. Can
you drink the cup of suffering that I
must drink? Can you be baptized in
the way I must be baptized?” note
39 “We can,” they answered.
39 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed
drink the cup I must drink and
be baptized in the way I must be
baptized.
40 But I do not have the
right to choose who will sit at my
right and my left. It is God who will
give these places to those for whom
he has prepared them.”
41 When the other ten disciples
heard about it, they became angry
with James and John.
42 So Jesus
called them all together to him and
said, “You know that the men who
are considered rulers of the heathen
have power over them, and the leaders
have complete authority.
43 This,
however, is not the way it is among
you. If one of you wants to be great,
he must be the servant of the rest; note
44 and if one of you wants to be first,
he must be the slave of all. note
45 For
even the Son of Man did not come
to be served; he came to serve and
to give his life to redeem many
people.”
Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
(Matthew 20.29–34; Luke 18.35–43)
46 They came to Jericho, and as
Jesus was leaving with his disciples
and a large crowd, a blind beggar
named Bartimaeus son of Timaeus
was sitting by the road.
47 When he
heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,
he began to shout, “Jesus! Son of
David! Have mercy on me!”
48 Many of the people scolded him
and told him to be quiet. But he
shouted even more loudly, “Son of
David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call
him.”
49 So they called the blind man.
Cheer up!” they said. “Get up, he is
calling you.”
50 So he threw off his cloak,
jumped up, and came to Jesus.
51 “What do you want me to do for
you?” Jesus asked him.
51 “Teacher,” the blind man answered,
“I want to see again.”
52 “Go,” Jesus told him, “your faith
has made you well.”
52 At once he was able to see and followed
Jesus on the road.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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