The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (49 page)

Jesus Again Foretells HisDeath and Resurrection

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They went on
from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it;
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for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."
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But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

True Greatness

33
 And they came to
Caper'na-um
; and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"
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But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.
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And he sat down and called the Twelve and he said to them, "If any one would be first, he must be last of all and
servant of all
."
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And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
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"Whoever receives
one such child
in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

Another Exorcist

38
 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name,
 
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and we forbade him, because he was not following us."
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But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.
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For he that is not against us is for us.
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For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

Temptations to Sin

42
 "
Whoever causes
one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,
 
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it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
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And if your hand causes you to sin,
 
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cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell,
 
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to the unquenchable fire.
 
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And if your foot causes you to sin,
 
^l
cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.
 
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,
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And if your eye causes you to sin,
 
^l
pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,
 
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48
where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
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For every one will be
salted with fire
.
 
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Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Teachings about Divorce [
Map
]

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And he left there and went to
the region of Judea
and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.

2
 And Pharisees came up and in order
to test him
asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
³
He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
⁴
They said, "Moses allowed a man to write
a certificate of divorce
, and to put her away."
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But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
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But
from the beginning
of creation, 'God made them male and female.'
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'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
 
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8
and the two shall become one flesh.'
 
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So they are no longer two but one flesh.
 
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9
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."

10
 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
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And he said to them
, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;
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and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

Jesus Blesses the Children

13
 And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.
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But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, "
Let the children come
to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
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Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
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And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

The Rich Man

17
 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
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And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
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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.' "
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And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."
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And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
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At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

23
 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"
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And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches
 
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to enter the kingdom of God!
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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."
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And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,
 
^s
"Then who can be saved?"
²⁷
Jesus looked at them and said, "With men
it is impossible
, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."
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Peter began to say to him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you."
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Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,
³⁰
who will not receive a hundredfold 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.
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But many that are first will be last, and the last first."

A Third Time Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

32
 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the Twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,
³³
saying, "
Behold, we are going
up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles;
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and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise."

The Request of James and John

35
 And James and John, the sons of Zeb'edee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."
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And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
³⁷
And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory."
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But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to
drink the chalice
that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?"
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And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The chalice that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
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but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
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And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
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And Jesus called them
to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
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But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
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and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.
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For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom
for many
."

Bartimaeus Receives His Sight

46
 And they came to
Jericho
; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimae'us, a blind beggar, the son of Timae'us, was sitting by the roadside.
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And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus,
Son of David
, have mercy on me!"
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And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
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And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; rise, he is calling you."
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And throwing off his cloak he sprang up and came to Jesus.
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And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Master,
 
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let me receive my sight."
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And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

Jesus' Entry into Jerusalem

11
 
And when they
drew near to
Jerusalem
, to Beth'phage and Beth'any, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
²
and said to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat; untie it and bring it.
³
If any one says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'
 
"
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And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door out in the open street; and they untied it.
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And those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
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And they told them what Jesus had said; and they let them go.
⁷
And they brought
the colt
to Jesus, and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
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And
many
spread their garments on the road
, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.
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And those who went before and those who followed cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
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Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming! Hosanna in the highest!"