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Text -- Mark 10:1-27 (NET)

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Divorce
10:1 Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them. 10:2 Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 10:3 He answered answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 10:4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” 10:5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. 10:6 But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. 10:7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, 10:8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 10:9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 10:10 In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this. 10:11 So he told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 10:12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Jesus and Little Children
10:13 Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them. 10:14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 10:15 I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.” 10:16 After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.
The Rich Man
10:17 Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 10:18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’” 10:20 The man said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.” 10:21 As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 10:22 But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. 10:23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” 10:24 The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 10:25 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.” 10:26 They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?” 10:27 Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
 · Judea a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
 · Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law
 · Pharisee a religious group or sect of the Jews


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Peraea | INSPIRATION, 8-18 | MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 | JESUS CHRIST, 4D | DIVORCE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT | MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 | Jesus, The Christ | Marriage | Divorce | FAMILY | Rich, The | Riches | Commandments | Polygamy | Young Men | Self-righteousness | Children | Kingdom of God | Temptation | Quotations and Allusions | more
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NET Notes: Mar 10:1 “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “...

NET Notes: Mar 10:2 The question of the Pharisees was anything but sincere; they were asking it to test him. Jesus was now in the jurisdiction of Herod Antipas (i.e., Jud...

NET Notes: Mar 10:3 Grk “But answering, he said to them.”

NET Notes: Mar 10:4 An allusion to Deut 24:1. The Pharisees were all in agreement that the OT permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and divorce his wife (no...

NET Notes: Mar 10:5 Grk “heart” (a collective singular).

NET Notes: Mar 10:6 A quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2.

NET Notes: Mar 10:7 ‡ The earliest witnesses, as well as a few other important mss (א B Ψ 892* 2427 sys), lack the rest of the quotation from Gen 2:24, &...

NET Notes: Mar 10:8 A quotation from Gen 2:24. The “two” refers to husband and wife, not father and mother mentioned in the previous verse. See the tc note on...

NET Notes: Mar 10:11 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate that Jesus’ statement is in response to the disciples’ q...

NET Notes: Mar 10:12 It was not uncommon in Jesus’ day for a Jewish man to divorce his wife, but it was extremely rare for a wife to initiate such an action against ...

NET Notes: Mar 10:13 Grk “the disciples scolded them.”

NET Notes: Mar 10:14 The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illust...

NET Notes: Mar 10:15 The negation in Greek (οὐ μή, ou mh) is very strong here.

NET Notes: Mar 10:17 The rich man wanted to know what he must do to inherit eternal life, but Jesus had just finished teaching that eternal life was not earned but simply ...

NET Notes: Mar 10:18 Jesus’ response, Why do you call me good?, was designed to cause the young man to stop and think for a moment about who Jesus really was. The fo...

NET Notes: Mar 10:19 A quotation from Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20, except for do not defraud, which is an allusion to Deut 24:14.

NET Notes: Mar 10:20 Since my youth. Judaism regarded the age of thirteen as the age when a man would have become responsible to live by God’s commands.

NET Notes: Mar 10:21 The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: You will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the...

NET Notes: Mar 10:22 Grk “he had many possessions.” This term (κτῆμα, kthma) is often used for land as a possession.

NET Notes: Mar 10:23 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

NET Notes: Mar 10:24 Most mss (A C D Θ Ë1,13 28 565 2427 Ï lat sy) have here “for those who trust in riches” (τοὺς π&#...

NET Notes: Mar 10:25 The referent of the eye of a needle is a sewing needle. (The gate in Jerusalem known as “The Needle’s Eye” was built during the midd...

NET Notes: Mar 10:26 The assumption is that the rich are blessed, so if they risk exclusion, who is left to be saved?

NET Notes: Mar 10:27 The plural Greek term ἄνθρωποις (anqrwpois) is used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and w...

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