2.
After arriving in Judea
19:1—20:16
Matt. 19
:1
19:1
And when Jesus finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea
abeyond the Jordan.
a.
Healing the following crowd
19:2
Matt. 19
:2
19:2
And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
b.
Further temptation by the fundamentalists
19:3-12
Matt. 19
:3
19:3
aAnd some Pharisees came to Him,
1btesting Him and saying, Is it lawful for a man to
2divorce his wife for any cause?
Matt. 19
:4
19:4
And He answered and said, Have you
anot read that
1He who
bcreated them from the beginning made them male and female,
Matt. 19
:5
19:5
And said, "For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall be
ajoined to his wife
Matt. 19
:6
19:6
So then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has yoked together, let man not
aseparate.
Matt. 19
:7
19:7
They said to Him, Why then did Moses
1command us to give
her a
acertificate of divorce and divorce her?
Matt. 19
:8
19:8
He said to them, Moses, because of your
ahardness of heart, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the
1beginning it has not been so.
Matt. 19
:9
19:9
But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for
1fornication, and marries another, commits
aadultery;
2and he who marries her who has been divorced commits adultery.
Matt. 19
:10
19:10
His disciples said to Him, If the case of the man with his wife is
1like this, it is not profitable to marry.
Matt. 19
:11
19:11
And He said to them,
1Not all men
can 2accept this word, but
only those to whom it has been
agiven.
Matt. 19
:12
19:12
For there are eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs
1who made themselves eunuchs
abecause of the
2kingdom of the heavens. He who can
accept it, let him accept
it.
c.
Laying hands on the children
19:13-15
Matt. 19
:13
19:13
aThen little children were brought to Him that He might lay His hands on them and pray, but the disciples
brebuked them.
Matt. 19
:14
19:14
But Jesus said, Allow the little children and do not prevent them from coming to Me, for
aof 1such is the kingdom of the heavens.
Matt. 19
:15
19:15
And after He laid His hands on them, He went on from there.
d.
The way for a rich man to enter into the kingdom
19:16-26
Matt. 19
:16
19:16
aAnd behold, someone came to Him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may
1have beternal life?
Matt. 19
:17
19:17
And He said to him, Why do you ask Me concerning what is good? There is
only 1One who is 2agood. But if you want to
3benter into life,
4ckeep the commandments.
Matt. 19
:18
19:18
He said to Him, Which ones? And Jesus said,"You shall
anot murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness;
Matt. 19
:19
19:19
aHonor your father and mother; and you shall
blove your neighbor as yourself.''
Matt. 19
:20
19:20
The young man said to Him, All these things I have kept. What do I still lack?
Matt. 19
:21
19:21
Jesus said to him, If you want to be
1aperfect, go,
bsell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have
ctreasure in the heavens; and come,
2dfollow Me.
Matt. 19
:22
19:22
But the young man, hearing this word, went away
1sorrowing, for he had many possessions.
Matt. 19
:23
19:23
aAnd Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you,
Only with difficulty will a
brich man enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Matt. 19
:24
19:24
And again I say to you, It is
1easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the
akingdom of
2God.
Matt. 19
:25
19:25
And when the disciples heard
this, they were greatly astonished and said, Who then can be
1saved?
Matt. 19
:26
19:26
And looking upon
them, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are
1apossible.
e.
The reward of the kingdom
19:27—20:16
Matt. 19
:27
19:27
Then Peter answered and said to Him, Behold, we have left all and
afollowed You. What then will there be for us?
Matt. 19
:28
19:28
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the
1arestoration, when the
bSon of Man sits on the
cthrone of His glory, you also shall
dsit on twelve thrones,
2ejudging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matt. 19
:29
19:29
And everyone who has left houses or
abrothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for My name's sake shall
1receive 2a hundred times as much and shall
3inherit beternal life.
Matt. 19
:30
19:30
But many
1afirst will be last, and
many last first.
