1When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and came into the region of Judaea beyond Jordan.
2Great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3The Pharisees also came to him to test him. They said, "Is it lawful for a man to send his wife away for any reason at all?"
4He answered, "Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female,"
5and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall hold fast to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh'?
6"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined together, let no one separate."
7They said to him, "Why then did Moses command a man to give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?"
8He said to them, "Moses allowed you to send your wives away because your hearts were hard. But from the beginning it was not so."
9"And I say to you, whoever sends his wife away, except for sexual sin, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries the woman who has been sent away commits adultery."
10His disciples said to him, "If this is how it is between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry."
11But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this saying, only those to whom it is given."
12"For there are some eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb. And there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs by other people. And there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to accept it accept it."
13Then little children were brought to him, so that he might put his hands on them and pray. But the disciples told the people off.
14But Jesus said, "Allow the little children to come to me, and do not stop them. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
15And he laid his hands on them, and went away from there.
16Look, a man came and said to him, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do, so that I may have eternal life?"
17He said to him, "Why do you call me good? There is no one good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
18The man said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false witness."
19"Honour your father and your mother. And, you shall love your neighbour as yourself."
20The young man said to him, "I have kept all these things since I was young. What do I still lack?"
21Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."
22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sad, because he had great possessions.
23Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven."
24"And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
25When his disciples heard it, they were greatly amazed. They said, "Who then can be saved?"
26But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
27Then Peter answered him, "Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?"
28And Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, you who have followed me, in the new birth of all things, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
29And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred times as much, and shall inherit everlasting life.
30"But many who are first shall be last, and the last shall be first."