MARKUS 10

Oor die egskeiding.

(Mt. 19:1-12.)

1 EN tHy het opgestaan en daarvandaan deur die oorkant van die Jordaan na die gebied van Judéa gegaan; en weer het ’n skare by Hom vergader; en soos Hy gewoond was, het Hy hulle weer geleer.

2 Toe kom die Fariseërs na Hom; en, tom Hom te versoek, stel hulle Hom die vraag of dit ’n man geoorloof is om van sy vrou te skei?

3 Maar Hy antwoord en sê vir hulle: Wat het Moses julle beveel?

4 En hulle sê: Moses het toegelaat om ’n skeibrief te skrywe en van haar te skei.

5 En Jesus antwoord en sê vir hulle: Vanweë die hardheid van julle harte het hy vir julle hierdie gebod geskrywe,

6 maar van die begin van die skepping af het God hulle man en vrou gemaak.

7  tOm hierdie rede sal die man sy vader en moeder verlaat en sy vrou aankleef,

8 en hulle twee sal een vlees word, sodat hulle nie meer twee is nie, maar een vlees.

9 Wat God dan saamgevoeg het, mag geen mens skei nie.

10 En in die huis het sy dissipels Hom weer oor dieselfde saak gevra.

11 En Hy sê vir hulle: Elkeen wat van sy vrou skei en ’n ander een trou, pleeg egbreuk teen haar;

12 en tas ’n vrou van haar man skei en met ’n ander een trou, pleeg sy egbreuk.

Jesus seën die kindertjies.

(Mt. 19:13-15 en ooreenk. pl.)

13  tEN hulle het kindertjies na Hom gebring, dat Hy hulle kon aanraak; en die dissipels het die wat hulle gebring het, bestraf.

14 Maar toe Jesus dit sien, het Hy hulle dit baie kwalik geneem en vir hulle gesê: Laat die kindertjies na My toe kom en verhinder hulle nie, want taan sulkes behoort die koninkryk van God.

15 Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, elkeen wat die koninkryk van God nie soos ’n kindjie ontvang nie, sal daar nooit ingaan nie.

16 En tHy het sy arms om hulle geslaan, sy hande op hulle gelê en hulle geseën.

Die ryk jongman.

(Mt. 19:16-30 en ooreenk. pl.)

17  tEN toe Hy op die pad uitgaan, hardloop daar een na Hom toe en val voor Hom op die knieë en vra Hom: Goeie Meester, wat moet ek doen om die ewige lewe te beërwe?

18 En Jesus sê vir hom: Waarom noem jy My goed? Niemand is goed nie, behalwe Een, naamlik God.

19 Jy ken die gebooie: tJy mag nie egbreek nie, jy mag nie doodslaan nie, jy mag nie steel nie, jy mag geen valse getuienis gee nie, jy mag niemand te kort doen nie; eer jou vader en jou moeder.

20 Maar hy antwoord en sê vir Hom: Meester, al hierdie dinge het ek onderhou van my jeug af.

21 En Jesus het hom aangekyk en hom liefgekry en vir hom gesê: Een ding kom jy kort — gaan verkoop alles wat jy het, en gee dit aan die armes, en jy sal ’n skat in die hemel hê; kom dan hier, tneem die kruis op en volg My.

22 Maar hy het treurig geword oor dié woord en bedroef weggegaan, want hy het baie besittings gehad.

23 Toe kyk Jesus rond en sê vir sy dissipels: Hoe beswaarlik sal hulle wat goed besit, in die koninkryk van God ingaan!

24 En die dissipels was verbaas oor sy woorde; maar Jesus antwoord weer en sê vir hulle: Kinders, hoe swaar is dit vir tdie wat op hulle goed vertrou, om in die koninkryk van God in te gaan!

25 Dit is makliker vir ’n kameel om deur die oog van ’n naald te gaan as vir ’n ryk man om in die koninkryk van God in te gaan.

26 En hulle was tuitermate verslae en het vir mekaar gesê: Wie kan dan gered word?

27 Maar Jesus het hulle aangekyk en geantwoord: By mense is dit onmoontlik, maar nie by God nie; want by God is alle dinge moontlik.

28 Toe begin Petrus vir Hom te sê: Kyk, ons het alles verlaat en U gevolg.

29 En Jesus antwoord en sê: Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, daar is niemand wat huis of broers of susters of vader of moeder of vrou of kinders of grond ter wille van My en van die evangelie verlaat het nie,

30 of hy ontvang tnou in hierdie tyd honderd maal soveel: huise en broers en susters en moeders en kinders en grond, saam met vervolginge, en in die eeu wat kom, die ewige lewe.

31 Maar baie wat eerste is, sal laaste wees, en die wat laaste is, eerste.

Die vraag van die seuns van Sebedéüs.

(Mt. 20:17-28 en ooreenk. pl.)

32  tEN hulle was op die pad terwyl hulle opgaan na Jerusalem, en tJesus het voor hulle uit gegaan, en hulle was verbaas; en terwyl hulle volg, het hulle gevrees. En Hy het weer die twaalf by Hom geneem en aan hulle begin vertel die dinge wat met Hom sou gebeur.

33 Kyk, sê Hy, ons gaan op na Jerusalem, en die Seun van die mens sal oorgelewer word aan die owerpriesters en die skrifgeleerdes, en hulle sal Hom tot die dood veroordeel en Hom oorlewer aan die heidene;

34 en hulle sal Hom bespot en Hom gésel en op Hom spuug en Hom doodmaak; en op die derde dag sal Hy opstaan.

35  tEn Jakobus en Johannes, die seuns van Sebedéüs, het na Hom gekom en gesê: Meester, ons wil hê dat U vir ons moet doen wat ons U ook al mag vra.

36 En Hy sê vir hulle: Wat wil julle hê moet Ek vir julle doen?

37 En hulle antwoord Hom: Gee aan ons dat ons mag sit in u heerlikheid, een aan u regter- en een aan u linkerhand.

38 Maar Jesus sê vir hulle: Julle weet nie wat julle vra nie. Kan julle die beker drink wat Ek drink, en gedoop word met die doop waarmee Ek gedoop word?

39 En hulle antwoord Hom: Ons kan. Maar Jesus sê vir hulle: Dis waar, die beker wat Ek drink, sal julle drink, en met die doop waarmee Ek gedoop word, sal julle gedoop word;

40 maar om te sit aan my regter- en aan my linkerhand, berus nie by My om te gee nie, maar dit is vir hulle vir wie dit berei is.

41 En toe die tien dit hoor, begin hulle verontwaardig te word oor Jakobus en Johannes.

42 Maar Jesus het hulle na Hom geroep ten vir hulle gesê: Julle weet dat die wat gereken word as owerstes van die nasies, oor hulle heers, en dat hulle groot manne oor hulle gesag uitoefen;

43 maar so moet dit onder julle nie wees nie, maar elkeen wat onder julle groot wil word, moet julle dienaar wees.

44 En elkeen wat onder julle die eerste wil word, moet almal se dienskneg wees.

45 Want die Seun van die mens het ook nie gekom om gedien te word nie, maar om te dien en sy lewe te gee as ’n losprys vir baie.

Die blinde man van Jérigo.

(Mt. 20:29-34 en ooreenk. pl.)

46  tEN hulle het in Jérigo gekom. En toe Hy en sy dissipels en ’n aansienlike skare uit Jérigo uitgaan, sit die blinde man, Bartiméüs, die seun van Timéüs, langs die pad en bedel.

47 En toe hy hoor dat dit Jesus die Nasaréner was, begin hy om uit te roep en te sê: Seun van Dawid, Jesus, wees my barmhartig!

48 En baie het hom bestraf, dat hy moet stilbly; maar hy het al harder uitgeroep: Seun van Dawid, wees my barmhartig!

49 Toe gaan Jesus staan en sê dat hy geroep moes word; en hulle roep die blinde man en sê vir hom: Hou goeie moed, staan op! Hy roep jou.

50 En hy gooi sy oorkleed af, staan op en kom na Jesus toe.

51 En Jesus antwoord en sê vir hom: Wat wil jy hê moet Ek vir jou doen? En die blinde man sê vir Hom: Rabboeni, dat ek mag sien.
52 En Jesus sê vir hom: Gaan, tjou geloof het jou gered. En dadelik het hy gesien en Jesus op die pad gevolg.

Mark 10

1  AND [Jesus] left there [Capernaum] and went to the region of Judea and beyond [east of] the Jordan; and crowds [constantly] gathered around Him again, and as was His custom, He began to teach them again.2  And some Pharisees came up, and, in order to test Him and try to find a weakness in Him, asked, Is it lawful for a man to dismiss and repudiate and divorce his wife?3  He answered them, What did Moses command you?4  They replied, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away. 5  But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart [your condition of insensibility to the call of God] he wrote you this precept in your Law.6  But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. 7  For this reason a man shall leave [behind] his father and his mother and be joined to his wife and cleave closely to her permanently, 8  And the two shall become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9  What therefore God has united (joined together), let not man separate or divide.10  And indoors the disciples questioned Him again about this subject.11  And He said to them, Whoever dismisses (repudiates and divorces) his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;12  And if a woman dismisses (repudiates and divorces) her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.13  And they kept bringing young children to Him that He might touch them, and the disciples were reproving them [for it].14  But when Jesus saw [it], He was indignant and pained and said to them, Allow the children to come to Me--do not forbid or prevent or hinder them--for to such belongs the kingdom of God.15  Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] positively shall not enter it at all.16  And He took them [the children up one by one] in His arms and [fervently invoked a] blessing, placing His hands upon them.17  And as He was setting out on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, Teacher, [You are essentially and perfectly morally] good, what must I do to inherit eternal life [that is, to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?18  And Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? There is no one [essentially and perfectly morally] good--except God alone.19  You know the commandments: Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother. 20  And he replied to Him, Teacher, I have carefully guarded and observed all these and taken care not to violate them from my boyhood.21  And Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and He said to him, You lack one thing; go and sell all you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come [and] accompany Me [walking the same road that I walk].22  At that saying the man’s countenance fell and was gloomy, and he went away grieved and sorrowing, for he was holding great possessions.23  And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, With what difficulty will those who possess wealth and keep on holding it enter the kingdom of God!24  And the disciples were amazed and bewildered and perplexed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who trust (place their confidence, their sense of safety) in riches 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 man to enter the kingdom of God.26  And they were shocked and exceedingly astonished, and said to Him and to one another , Then who can be saved?27  Jesus glanced around at them and said, With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.28  Peter started to say to Him, Behold, we have yielded up and abandoned everything [once and for all and joined You as Your disciples, siding with Your party] and accompanied You [walking the same road that You walk].29  Jesus said, Truly I tell you, there is no one who has given up and left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the Gospel’s30  Who will not receive a hundred times as much 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 now] first will be last [then], and many [who are now] last will be first [then].32  They were on the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on in front of them; and they were bewildered and perplexed and greatly astonished, and those [who were still] following were seized with alarm and were afraid. And He took the Twelve [apostles] again and began to tell them what was about to happen to Him,33  [Saying], Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn and sentence Him to death and turn Him over to the Gentiles.34  And they will mock Him and spit on Him, and whip Him and put Him to death; but after three days He will rise again [from death].35  And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said to Him, Teacher, we desire You to do for us whatever we ask of You.36  And He replied to them, What do you desire Me to do for you?37  And they said to Him, Grant that we may sit, one at Your right hand and one at [Your] left hand, in Your glory (Your majesty and splendor).38  But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism [of affliction] with which I am baptized?39  And they replied to Him, We are able. And Jesus told them, The cup that I drink you will drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized,40  But to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to give; but [it will be given to those] for whom it is ordained and prepared.41  And when the other ten [apostles] heard it, they began to be indignant with James and John.42  But Jesus called them to [Him] and said to them, You know that those who are recognized as governing and are supposed to rule the Gentiles (the nations) lord it over them [ruling with absolute power, holding them in subjection], and their great men exercise authority and dominion over them.43  But this is not to be so among you; instead, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant,44  And whoever wishes to be most important and first in rank among you must be slave of all.45  For even the Son of Man came not to have service rendered to Him, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for (instead of) many.46  Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, a son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.47  And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]!48  And many severely censured and reproved him, telling him to keep still, but he kept on shouting out all the more, You Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]!49  And Jesus stopped and said, Call him. And they called the blind man, telling him, Take courage! Get up! He is calling you.50  And throwing off his outer garment, he leaped up and came to Jesus.51  And Jesus said to him, What do you want Me to do for you? And the blind man said to Him, Master, let me receive my sight.52  And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has healed you. And at once he received his sight and accompanied Jesus on the road.