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Mark 10:1¹Then 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:40 Mark 4:2 Mark 6:34 Matt 4:23 Jer 32:33 John 11:7 Mark 2:13 Mark 6:6 John 18:20 Matt 19:1-12

Mark 10:2²Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:10-11 John 8:6 Luke 11:53-54 Matt 23:13 1 Cor 10:9 John 11:47 John 11:57 John 7:32 John 7:48 Luke 11:39

Mark 10:3³He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 4:21 Isa 8:20 John 5:39 Luke 10:25

Mark 10:4⁴They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 24:1-4 Matt 5:31-32 Matt 19:7 Isa 50:1 Jer 3:1 Matt 1:19

Mark 10:5⁵But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:8 Acts 7:51 Neh 9:16-17 Heb 3:7-10 Neh 9:26 Deut 31:27 Deut 9:6

Mark 10:6⁶But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 1:27 Gen 5:2 Gen 1:1 Gen 2:20-23 2 Pet 3:4 Mal 2:14-16 Mark 13:19

Mark 10:7⁷For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 2:24 Matt 19:5-6 Eph 5:31

Mark 10:8⁸and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 5:28 Gen 2:24 1 Cor 6:16

Mark 10:9⁹Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 7:1-3

Mark 10:10¹⁰In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:33 Mark 4:10 Mark 9:28

Mark 10:11¹¹So he told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:10-11 Matt 19:9 Matt 5:31-32 Rom 7:3 1 Cor 7:4 Luke 16:18 Heb 13:4

Mark 10:12¹²And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:11 1 Cor 7:13

Mark 10:13¹³Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:13-15 Luke 18:15-17

Mark 10:14¹⁴But 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 18:4 Matt 19:14 Matt 18:10 Ps 131:1-2 1 Pet 2:2 Luke 18:15-16 1 Cor 14:20 2 Tim 3:15 1 Cor 7:14 2 Tim 1:5

Mark 10:15¹⁵I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 18:3 Luke 18:17 John 3:3-6

Mark 10:16¹⁶After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:11 Mark 9:36 Deut 28:3 Gen 48:14-16 John 21:15-17 Luke 2:28-34 Luke 24:50-51

Mark 10:17¹⁷Now 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?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:16-30 Luke 18:18-30 Rom 2:7 John 6:27-28 Luke 10:25 Rom 10:2-4 Acts 16:30 Acts 2:37 Acts 20:32 Matt 17:14

Mark 10:18¹⁸Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 18:19 Matt 19:17 Rom 3:12 1 John 4:16 1 Sam 2:2 1 John 4:8 Jas 1:17 Ps 119:68 John 5:41-44 Ps 36:7-8

Mark 10:19¹⁹You 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.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 20:12-17 Rom 13:9 Jas 2:11 Luke 18:20 Matt 19:17-19 1 Cor 6:7-9 1 Thess 4:6 Deut 5:16-24 Gal 4:21 Gal 5:14

Mark 10:20²⁰The man said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 33:31-32 2 Tim 3:5 Phil 3:6 Luke 18:11-12 Matt 19:20 Rom 7:9 Ezek 5:14 Isa 58:2 Luke 10:29 Mal 3:8

Mark 10:21²¹As 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:19-21 Rev 2:4 Luke 18:22 1 Tim 6:17-19 Acts 2:45 Luke 10:42 1 Pet 1:4-5 Jas 2:10 Luke 12:33 Matt 16:24

Mark 10:22²²But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 2:15-16 1 Tim 6:9-10 Luke 12:15 2 Tim 4:10 Eph 5:5 Ezek 33:31 2 Cor 7:10 Job 21:7-15 Luke 18:23 Matt 13:22

Mark 10:23²³Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:26 Jas 2:5 Luke 18:24 Mark 3:5 2 Pet 1:11 Jas 4:4 John 3:5 Mark 10:15 Matt 18:3 Matt 19:23-26

Mark 10:24²⁴The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 5:1-3 Prov 11:28 1 Tim 6:17 Ps 52:7 Rev 3:17 Luke 12:16-21 Luke 16:14 Prov 18:11 Ps 62:10 1 John 2:1

Mark 10:25²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:24-25 Luke 18:25 Matt 23:24 Jer 13:23 Matt 7:3-5

Mark 10:26²⁶They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 16:31 2 Cor 11:23 Mark 6:51 Mark 7:37 Rom 10:9-13 Luke 13:23 Luke 18:26

Mark 10:27²⁷Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 32:27 Matt 19:26 Job 42:2 Jer 32:17 Gen 18:13-14 Luke 1:37 Luke 18:27 Num 11:21-23 Heb 11:19 Phil 3:21

Mark 10:28²⁸Peter began to speak to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:27-30 Luke 14:33 Luke 18:28-30 Mark 1:16-20 Phil 3:7-9 Matt 4:22 Matt 4:20

Mark 10:29²⁹Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospelCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:23 Matt 5:10-11 Mark 8:35 Gen 12:1-3 Heb 11:24-26 Matt 10:18 Rev 2:3 Luke 22:28-30 Deut 33:9-11 Gen 45:20

Mark 10:30³⁰who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much—homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions —and in the age to come, eternal life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 18:30 Phil 3:8 2 Cor 6:10 Jas 1:12 Mal 3:10 Matt 5:11-12 Jas 1:2-4 Jas 5:11 Prov 16:16 Prov 3:9-10

Mark 10:31³¹But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:30 Luke 13:30 Matt 20:16 Rom 9:30-33 Acts 13:46-48 Luke 18:11-14 Matt 21:31 Matt 8:11-12 Luke 7:29-30 Luke 7:40-47

Mark 10:32³²They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:17-19 Luke 18:31-34 Luke 9:51 John 11:16 John 11:8 Luke 10:23 Mark 4:34 Matt 13:11 Zech 3:8 Matt 11:25

Mark 10:33³³“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:17-19 Matt 27:2 Acts 3:13-14 John 18:28 Mark 8:31 Matt 16:21 Acts 13:27 Acts 20:22 Jas 5:6 John 19:11

Mark 10:34³⁴They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:65 Matt 16:21 Matt 26:67 Luke 22:63-65 Isa 50:6 Luke 23:11 Luke 23:35-39 Mark 15:17-20 Mark 15:29-31 1 Cor 15:4

Mark 10:35³⁵Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:20-28 2 Sam 14:4-11 1 Kgs 2:16 1 Kgs 2:20 Mark 1:19-20 Mark 14:33 Mark 5:37

Mark 10:36³⁶He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:5-15 John 15:7 Mark 10:51

Mark 10:37³⁷They said to him, “Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:28 1 Kgs 22:19 Luke 24:26 Mark 16:19 Ps 110:1 1 Pet 1:11 Mark 8:38 Matt 25:31

Mark 10:38³⁸But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:50 Matt 20:21-22 Jas 4:3 John 18:11 Ps 75:8 1 Kgs 2:22 Isa 51:22 Luke 22:42 Rom 8:26 Mark 14:36

Mark 10:39³⁹They said to him, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 12:2 Rev 1:9 John 17:14 Col 1:24 John 13:37 John 15:20 Mark 14:31 Mark 14:36 Matt 10:25

Mark 10:40⁴⁰but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:23 John 17:24 Matt 25:34 Heb 11:16 John 17:2

Mark 10:41⁴¹Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:24 Phil 2:3 Prov 13:10 Rom 12:10 Jas 4:5 Luke 22:24 Mark 9:33-36

Mark 10:42⁴²Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:3 Luke 22:25 Matt 20:25

Mark 10:43⁴³But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 23:8-12 Luke 14:11 Mark 9:35 Matt 20:26-27 Luke 9:48 1 Pet 5:5-6 Gal 5:13 1 Cor 9:19-23 Luke 18:14 Rom 12:2

Mark 10:44⁴⁴and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Mark 10:45⁴⁵For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:28 Phil 2:5-8 2 Cor 8:9 Titus 2:14 John 13:14 John 10:15 Heb 5:8 Luke 22:26-27 Isa 53:10-12 1 Pet 1:19

Mark 10:46⁴⁶They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 18:35-19:1 Matt 20:29-34 John 9:8 Luke 16:22

Mark 10:47⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 1:24 Matt 9:27 Matt 15:22 Rev 22:16 Acts 13:22-23 John 7:52 Luke 18:36-37 Matt 26:71 Acts 6:14 Isa 11:1

Mark 10:48⁴⁸Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 29:13 Mark 7:26-29 Gen 32:24-28 Heb 5:7 Luke 11:5-10 Luke 18:1-8 Luke 18:39 Mark 5:35 Matt 15:23-28 Matt 19:13

Mark 10:49⁴⁹Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 18:40 John 11:28 Matt 20:32-34 Ps 145:8 Ps 86:15 Heb 2:17 Heb 4:15

Mark 10:50⁵⁰He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 3:7-9 Heb 12:1

Mark 10:51⁵¹Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied, “Rabbi, let me see again.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 18:41-43 Mark 10:36 Matt 7:7 2 Chr 1:7 Phil 4:6 Matt 6:8 Matt 23:7

Mark 10:52⁵²Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 9:22 Acts 26:18 Luke 7:50 Mark 5:34 Mark 8:25 Isa 42:16-18 John 9:32 Luke 8:2-3 Mark 1:31 Matt 15:28

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