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Marcos 10

BLIVRE · Chapter 10/16

1E levantando-se dali, [Jesus] se foi aos limites da Judeia, por dalém do Jordão; e as multidões voltaram a se juntar a ele, e voltou a lhes ensinar, como tinha costume.

2E vindo a ele os fariseus, perguntaram-lhe se era lícito ao homem deixar a [sua] mulher, testando-o.

3Mas ele lhes respondeu: O que Moisés vos mandou?

4E eles disseram: Moisés permitiu escrever carta de divórcio, e deixá-la.

5E Jesus lhes respondeu: Foi pela dureza dos vossos corações que ele vos escreveu este mandamento.

6Porém, desde o princípio da criação, macho e fêmea Deus os fez.

7Por isso, deixará o homem a seu pai e a [sua] mãe, e se unirá à sua mulher.

8E os dois serão uma [só] carne; assim, já não são dois, mas sim uma [só] carne.

9Portanto, o que Deus juntou, não separe o homem.

10E em casa seus discípulos voltaram a lhe perguntar sobre isto mesmo.

11E disse-lhes: Qualquer um que deixar a sua mulher, e se casar com outra, adultera contra ela.

12E se a mulher deixar o seu marido, e se casar com outro, adultera.

13E lhe traziam crianças para que ele as tocasse, mas os discípulos repreendiam aos que [as] traziam.

14Porém Jesus, vendo, indignou-se, e lhe disse: Deixai vir as crianças a mim, e não as impeçais; porque delas é o Reino de Deus.

15Em verdade vos digo, que qualquer um que não receber o Reino de Deus como criança, em maneira nenhuma nele entrará.

16Então, tomando-as entre seus braços, e pondo as mãos sobre elas, ele as abençoou.

17E quando ele saiu para caminhar, um [homem] correu até ele; e pondo-se de joelhos diante dele, perguntou-lhe: Bom Mestre, que farei para herdar a vida eterna?

18E Jesus lhe disse: Por que me chamas bom? Ninguém é bom, a não ser um: Deus.

19Sabes os mandamentos: Não adulterarás; não matarás; não furtarás; não darás falso testemunho; não serás enganador; honra o teu pai e a [tua] mãe.

20Porém ele lhe respondeu: Mestre, tudo isto guardei desde a minha juventude.

21E olhando Jesus para ele, amou-o, e disse-lhe: Uma coisa te falta: vai, vende tudo quanto tens, e dá aos pobres; e terás um tesouro no céu; e vem, segue-me, toma [tua] cruz.

22Mas ele, pesaroso desta palavra, foi-se triste; porque tinha muitas propriedades.

23Então Jesus olhando ao redor, disse a seus discípulos: Como é difícil aos que têm riquezas entrar no Reino de Deus!

24E os discípulos se espantaram destas suas palavras; mas Jesus, voltando a responder, disse-lhes: Filhos, como é difícil aos que confiam em riquezas entrar no Reino de Deus!

25Mais fácil é passar um camelo pelo olho de uma agulha, do que entrar um rico no Reino de Deus.

26E eles se espantavam ainda mais, dizendo uns para os outros: Quem, pois, poderá se salvar?

27Porém, olhando Jesus para eles, disse: Para os seres humanos, é impossível; mas para Deus, não; porque para Deus tudo é possível.

28E Pedro começou a lhe dizer: Eis que nós deixamos tudo, e te seguimos.

29Jesus respondeu: Em verdade vos digo, que não há ninguém que tenha deixado casa, ou irmãos, ou irmãs, ou pai, ou mãe, ou esposa, ou filhos, ou campos, por amor de mim e do Evangelho,

30que não receba cem vezes tanto, agora neste tempo, casas, e irmãos, e irmãs, e mães, e filhos, e campos, com perseguições; e a vida eterna, no tempo que virá.

31Porém muitos primeiros serão últimos, e últimos, primeiros.

32E iam pelo caminho, subindo para Jerusalém; e Jesus ia diante deles, e espantavam-se, e seguiam-no atemorizados. E voltando a tomar consigo aos doze, começou-lhes a dizer as coisas que lhe viriam a acontecer:

33Eis que subimos a Jerusalém, e o Filho do homem será entregue aos chefes dos sacerdotes, e aos escribas; e o condenarão à morte, e o entregarão aos gentios.

34E escarnecerão dele, e o açoitarão, e cuspirão nele, e o matarão; e ao terceiro dia ressuscitará.

35E vieram a ele Tiago e João, filhos de Zebedeu, dizendo: Mestre, queríamos que nos fizesses o que pedirmos.

36E ele lhes disse: O que quereis que eu vos faça?

37E eles lhe disseram: Concede-nos que em tua glória nos sentemos, um à tua direita, e outro à tua esquerda?

38Mas Jesus lhes disse: Não sabeis o que pedis; podeis vós beber o copo que eu bebo, e ser batizados com o batismo com que eu sou batizado?

39E eles lhe disseram: Podemos. Porém Jesus lhes disse: Em verdade, o copo que eu bebo, bebereis; e com o batismo com que eu sou batizado, sereis batizados.

40Mas sentar-se à minha direita, e à minha esquerda, não é meu concedê-lo, mas sim, para aqueles a quem está preparado.

41E quando os dez ouviram isto, começaram a se irritar contra Tiago e João.

42Mas Jesus, chamando-os a si, disse-lhes: Já sabeis que os que são vistos como governadores dos gentios, agem como senhores deles; e os grandes usam de autoridade sobre eles.

43Mas entre vós não será assim; antes qualquer que entre vós quiser ser grande, será vosso servidor.

44E qualquer que de vós quiser ser o primeiro, será servo de todos.

45Porque também não veio o Filho do homem para ser servido, mas para servir, e dar sua vida em resgate por muitos.

46E vieram a Jericó. E saindo ele, e seus discípulos, e uma grande multidão de Jericó, estava Bartimeu, um cego, filho de Timeu, sentado junto ao caminho.

47E ouvindo que era Jesus o nazareno, começou a clamar, e a dizer: Jesus, Filho de Davi! Tem misericórdia de mim!

48E muitos o repreendiam, para que se calasse; mas ele clamava ainda mais: Filho de Davi! Tem misericórdia de mim!

49Jesus parou, e disse que o chamassem. Então chamaram ao cego, dizendo-lhe: Tem bom ânimo, levanta-te, ele está te chamando.

50Então ele lançou sua capa, levantou-se, e veio a Jesus.

51Jesus, lhe perguntou: Que queres que eu te faça? E o cego lhe disse: Mestre, que eu veja.

52Jesus lhe disse: Vai; a tua fé te salvou. E logo consegiu ver. Então seguiu Jesus pelo caminho.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Jesus teaches about marriage and divorce, blesses the children, speaks with a rich young man who refuses to sell everything to follow him, announces his death and resurrection for the third time, responds to James and John's request for places of honor, and heals blind Bartimaeus in Jericho.

Explanation

The question about divorce, posed by the Pharisees as a test, receives from Jesus an answer that points back to the original purpose of creation in Genesis, going beyond the legal debate of the time over acceptable grounds for divorce. The rich young man, who kept the commandments but cannot let go of his wealth, illustrates how attachment to material possessions can compete directly with total surrender to God, even in morally careful people. James and John's request for seats at Jesus' right and left in his glory shows persistent earthly ambition even after repeated announcements about the suffering that lay ahead. Bartimaeus, a blind beggar who cries out insistently for mercy despite being rebuked by the crowd, is an example of persistent, humble faith, contrasting with the ambition of the disciples themselves just a few verses earlier.

Fun facts

  • Mark is the only Gospel that records the name of the blind man healed in Jericho, Bartimaeus ('son of Timaeus'), a detail suggesting he may have become a well-known figure in the early Christian community.
  • Jericho, situated well below sea level, is considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with human occupation documented by archaeologists thousands of years before Christ.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Marcos 10:1From here Jesus moves into Judea, further south, marking the start of the road that leads to Jerusalem, a geographic turn that dominates the rest of the gospel.
  2. Marcos 10:2The question about divorce was a hot topic among rabbis of the time, who disagreed over which reasons justified a man separating from his wife. Any answer from Jesus could stir controversy.
  3. Marcos 10:3Instead of answering directly, Jesus turns the question back to the law itself: what did Moses command?
  4. Marcos 10:4The permission cited comes from the law of Moses, which allowed writing a formal certificate of divorce before separating the couple.
  5. Marcos 10:5Jesus explains that permission as a practical concession, prompted by the hardness of people's hearts, not as the original ideal plan.
  6. Marcos 10:6He goes back to the creation account, recalling that God made them male and female from the beginning, an argument that came earlier, and runs deeper, than the permission Moses gave later.
  7. Marcos 10:7The quotation comes from the book of Genesis, about a man leaving his father and mother to be joined to his wife, forming the basis of the argument Jesus is building against divorce.
  8. Marcos 10:8The conclusion of the quotation, the two becoming one flesh, is the central point: the original union was not meant to be easily undone.
  9. Marcos 10:9Moses had allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, but Jesus explains that this permission existed because of the hardness of people's hearts, not because it was the original ideal. He returns to the creation account, where man and woman become one flesh, to argue the union should not be broken, a position that went against common practice and even against debates rabbis had over valid grounds for divorce.
  10. Marcos 10:10Once again the disciples wait to be alone to ask more about a matter Jesus had only addressed directly in public.
  11. Marcos 10:11The statement is harsh by the standards of the time: remarrying after leaving one's wife is called adultery outright.
  12. Marcos 10:12Including the possibility of a woman leaving her husband reflects Roman law more than Jewish law, which normally only gave that right to the man, a sign that the gospel already had readers outside Jewish culture in mind.
  13. Marcos 10:13The disciples treat the children's arrival as an unimportant interruption, turning away those who brought them, a reflection of the low social status children had at the time.
  14. Marcos 10:14This is one of the rare times Mark describes Jesus becoming indignant directly with His own disciples, rather than with Pharisees or scribes.
  15. Marcos 10:15The point is not the innocence of children, but their readiness to receive something without claiming any merit of their own, a way of receiving that Jesus asks of adults too.
  16. Marcos 10:16The gesture of embracing and blessing each child, one by one, contrasts sharply with the disciples' initial rejection just a few verses earlier.
  17. Marcos 10:17Running up and kneeling down show this man's sincere urgency, not a casual question asked in passing.
  18. Marcos 10:18Jesus questions the compliment He receives, redirecting attention to God as the only source of complete goodness, rather than accepting the title of good without qualification.
  19. Marcos 10:19The list of commandments cited focuses on relationships between people, do not kill, do not steal, do not lie, leaving aside, for the moment, the commandments tied directly to one's relationship with God.
  20. Marcos 10:20The man's confident answer, claiming to have kept all of this since he was young, shows he considered himself morally in good standing, without yet realizing what was missing.
  21. Marcos 10:21Mark notes here, rarely for the gospels, that Jesus felt direct affection for this particular person before proposing the hardest challenge: sell everything and follow Him.
  22. Marcos 10:22The man's genuine sadness as he walks away shows that Jesus' request cost him something real. He does not pretend indifference; he leaves shaken.
  23. Marcos 10:23Jesus generalizes the lesson from this specific encounter, directing it to the disciples as a broader principle about wealth and the kingdom of God.
  24. Marcos 10:24The disciples' shock likely comes from a common idea of the time: wealth was seen as a sign of divine blessing, so if even the rich struggled, the next question made sense.
  25. Marcos 10:25This is a deliberate exaggeration meant to shock listeners. There is no reliable historical evidence of a narrow gate in Jerusalem nicknamed the "eye of the needle" through which a kneeling camel could pass; that explanation came much later to soften the saying. The original image is simply meant to be impossible, to show how wealth can become an enormous obstacle.
  26. Marcos 10:26If even someone who seemed blessed by wealth could not easily get in, the disciples' natural next question was who, then, could stand any chance.
  27. Marcos 10:27The answer shifts salvation from human effort to God's action, something impossible to achieve alone, but possible when God is involved.
  28. Marcos 10:28Peter seems to compare the disciples' own willingness, having given up everything, with the rich man's refusal in the previous scene.
  29. Marcos 10:29The list of things left behind, house, family, land, is broad and covers practically everything someone would have valued most in the social life of the time.
  30. Marcos 10:30The promise comes with a realistic detail built in: a hundredfold reward, but, as the KJV puts it, "with persecutions". Following Jesus brought reward and hardship together, not one without the other.
  31. Marcos 10:31The closing line sounds like a summary of the whole chapter: the ordinary standards of status and merit are turned upside down in the logic Jesus is teaching.
  32. Marcos 10:32The image of Jesus walking ahead, resolute, while the disciples follow in fear, shows the weight that the approach to Jerusalem already carried for the group.
  33. Marcos 10:33This is the most detailed of the three announcements Jesus makes about His own death in Mark, including for the first time His being handed over to the Gentiles, the Romans, who would carry out the sentence.
  34. Marcos 10:34The details listed here, mocking, scourging, spitting, match almost exactly what actually happens later in the passion narrative of the gospel.
  35. Marcos 10:35James and John open their request in a calculated way, asking first for a blank-check yes before even revealing what they want.
  36. Marcos 10:36Jesus repeats this same question, "What would ye that I should do for you", later in the chapter to blind Bartimaeus, a parallel that contrasts two very different requests.
  37. Marcos 10:37The two brothers' request is clearly for the highest positions of honor, seated beside Jesus in the moment of glory they still imagined in triumphant terms.
  38. Marcos 10:38Drinking the cup was a common expression for saying that someone would go through a determined suffering or fate, not a literal drink. James and John ask for seats of honor without understanding that standing beside Jesus also meant accepting the same path of suffering He had just announced.
  39. Marcos 10:39Their naive confidence, "We can", is soon confirmed in a way they did not expect: the two of them would in fact go through suffering similar to Jesus' own later on.
  40. Marcos 10:40Jesus makes clear that assigning those seats of honor is not His to grant as a personal favor, but follows a plan that belongs to another authority.
  41. Marcos 10:41The other ten's indignation reveals that the dispute over status, already seen back in chapter 9, was still alive among the disciples.
  42. Marcos 10:42Jesus describes the model of power used by Gentile rulers, well known to anyone living under Roman rule: domination and the use of authority over others.
  43. Marcos 10:43The alternative Jesus proposes flips that model: greatness, among the disciples, should mean serving, not dominating.
  44. Marcos 10:44The most extreme version of the same principle appears here: wanting to be first means making yourself a servant of all, without exception.
  45. Marcos 10:45Ransom was the term used for the price paid to free a slave or a prisoner, a very concrete transaction for the listeners. Jesus uses this familiar economic image to explain the meaning of His own death, without going into further theological detail beyond the comparison.
  46. Marcos 10:46A blind man at the time depended entirely on begging, sitting at a busy passage point like a city gate, which is why Bartimaeus is there beside the road. Calling Jesus Son of David, as he does in the next verse, was publicly recognizing the expected Messiah of King David's line.
  47. Marcos 10:47Calling Jesus "Son of David" was publicly claiming the messianic title tied to the ancient king's line, a bold statement coming from a blind beggar on the roadside.
  48. Marcos 10:48The crowd tries to silence him, perhaps bothered by a beggar interrupting an important procession, but he shouts even louder, refusing to be intimidated.
  49. Marcos 10:49The same people who told Bartimaeus to be quiet now encourage him to get up, as soon as Jesus calls for him, a quick turnaround in the crowd's attitude.
  50. Marcos 10:50Throwing off his cloak, likely his most valuable possession and used to collect alms, shows how ready he was to leave everything behind without hesitation to reach Jesus.
  51. Marcos 10:51Calling Jesus "Rabboni" meant using a title of respect even higher than the common "teacher", reserved for only a few occasions.
  52. Marcos 10:52The closing line, "followed Jesus in the way", draws a direct parallel with the journey toward Jerusalem told through the rest of the chapter. The healed blind man becomes an example of someone who truly follows Jesus on that road.

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