የባልና የሚስት ፍች
10፥1-12 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 19፥1-9
1ኢየሱስ ከዚያ ተነሥቶ ወደ ይሁዳ አገርና በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ ወዳለው አካባቢ ሄደ፤ ሕዝቡም እንደ ገና በዙሪያው ተሰበሰበ፤ ከዚህ ቀደም ያደርገው እንደ ነበረውም አስተማራቸው።
2አንዳንድ ፈሪሳውያንም መጥተው፣ “ሰው ሚስቱን መፍታት ይገባዋልን?” ብለው ሊፈትኑት ጠየቁት።
3እርሱም መልሶ፣ “ሙሴ ምን ብሎ አዘዛችሁ?” አላቸው።
4እነርሱም፣ “ሙሴማ የፍች ወረቀት ጽፎ እንዲፈታት ፈቅዷል” አሉ።
5ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ሙሴ ይህን ሕግ የጻፈላችሁ ልባችሁ ደንዳና በመሆኑ ነው። 6ነገር ግን በፍጥረት መጀመሪያ እግዚአብሔር ወንድና ሴት አድርጎ ፈጠራቸው። 7ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል፤ ከሚስቱም ጋር ይጣመራል10፥7 አንዳንድ የጥንት ቅጆች ከሚስቱ ጋር ይጣመራል የሚለው የላቸውም።፤ 8ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ፤ ከእንግዲህ አንድ ሥጋ ናቸው እንጂ ሁለት አይደሉም፤ 9ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር ያጣመረውን ማንም አይለየው።”
10እንደ ገና ወደ ቤት በገቡ ጊዜ፣ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ይህንኑ አንሥተው ጠየቁት። 11እርሱም፣ “ማንም ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላዪቱን የሚያገባ በእርሷ ላይ ያመነዝራል፤ 12እርሷም ባሏን ፈትታ ሌላ ብታገባ ታመነዝራለች” አላቸው።
ኢየሱስ ሕፃናትን ባረከ
10፥13-16 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 19፥13-15፤ ሉቃ 18፥15-17
13ኢየሱስ እንዲዳስሳቸው፣ ሰዎች ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ግን ገሠጿቸው። 14ኢየሱስም ይህን ሲያይ ተቈጥቶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ሕፃናት ወደ እኔ ይምጡ፤ አትከልክሏቸው፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ እነዚህ ላሉት ናትና። 15እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንደ ሕፃን የማይቀበል ሁሉ ከቶ አይገባባትም።” 16ሕፃናቱንም ዐቀፋቸው፤ እጁንም ጭኖ ባረካቸው።
ሀብታሙ ወጣት
10፥17-31 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 19፥16-30፤ ሉቃ 18፥18-30
17ከዚያ ተነሥቶ መንገዱን ሲጀመር፣ አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ እየሮጠ መጣ፤ በፊቱም በጕልበቱ ተንበርክኮ፣ “ቸር መምህር ሆይ፤ የዘላለምን ሕይወት ለመውረስ ምን ማድረግ ይገባኛል” አለው።
18ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ሲል መለሰለት፤ “ለምን ቸር ትለኛለህ? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በስተቀር ቸር የለም፤ 19ትእዛዞችን ታውቃለህ፤ አትግደል፤ አታመንዝር፤ አትስረቅ፤ በሐሰት አትመስክር፤ አታታልል፤ አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር።”
20ሰውየውም፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ እነዚህን ሁሉ ከልጅነቴ ጀምሮ ጠብቄአለሁ” አለው።
21ኢየሱስም ተመለከተውና ወደደው፤ “እንግዲያው አንድ ነገር ይጐድልሃል፤ ሂድና ያለህን ሁሉ ሽጥ፤ ለድኾችም ስጥ፤ በሰማይ የተከማቸ ሀብት ታገኛለህ፤ ከዚያ በኋላ ና፤ ተከተለኝም” አለው።
22ሰውየው ይህን ሲሰማ ክፉኛ ዐዘነ፤ ብዙ ሀብት ስለ ነበረውም እየተከዘ ሄደ።
23ኢየሱስ ዙሪያውን በመመልከት ደቀ መዛሙርቱን፣ “ለሀብታሞች ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ከባድ ነገር ነው!” አላቸው።
24ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በንግግሩ ተገረሙ፤ ኢየሱስ ግን እንደ ገና መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ልጆች ሆይ10፥24 አንዳንድ ቅጆች በሀብት ለሚታመኑ የሚል ሐረግ አላቸው።፤ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ከባድ ነገር ነው! 25ሀብታም ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ይልቅ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ቢያልፍ ይቀልለዋል።”
26ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይበልጥ በመገረም፣ “ታዲያ ማን ሊድን ይችላል?” ተባባሉ።
27ኢየሱስም አያቸውና፣ “ይህ በሰው ዘንድ አይቻልም፤ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ግን እንዲህ አይደለም፤ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ሁሉ ይቻላል” አላቸው።
28ጴጥሮስም፣ “እነሆ፤ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ” አለው።
29ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ፤ “እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ ስለ እኔና ስለ ወንጌል ሲል ቤቱን ወይም ወንድሞቹን ወይም እኅቶቹን ወይም እናቱን ወይም አባቱን ወይም ልጆቹን ወይም ዕርሻውን የተወ ሁሉ፣ 30አሁን በዚህ ዘመን ከስደት ጋር ቤቶችን፣ ወንድሞችን፣ እኅቶችን፣ እናቶችን፣ ልጆችንና ዕርሻን መቶ ዕጥፍ የማይቀበል፣ በሚመጣውም ዓለም የዘላለም ሕይወት የማይወርስ የለም። 31ነገር ግን ብዙ ፊተኞች የሆኑ ኋለኞች፣ ኋለኞች የሆኑም ፊተኞች ይሆናሉ።”
ኢየሱስ ዳግም ስለ ሞቱ አስቀድሞ ተናገረ
10፥32-34 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 20፥17-19፤ ሉቃ 18፥31-33
32ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለመውጣት በመንገድ ላይ ሳሉ፣ ኢየሱስ ፊት ፊታቸው ይሄድ ነበር፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ተገረሙ፣ ሌሎች የተከተሉት ደግሞ ፈርተው ነበር። ደግሞም ዐሥራ ሁለቱን ከሕዝቡ ለይቶ ምን እንደሚደርስበት ነገራቸው፤ 33እንዲህም አላቸው፤ “ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፤ የሰው ልጅ ለካህናት አለቆችና ለጸሐፍት ዐልፎ ይሰጣል፤ እነርሱም የሞት ፍርድ ይፈርዱበታል፤ አሳልፈው ለአሕዛብ ይሰጡታል፤ 34ያፌዙበታል፤ ይተፉበታል፤ ይገርፉታል፤ ከዚያም ይገድሉታል፤ እርሱ ግን ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ ይነሣል።”
የያዕቆብና የዮሐንስ ጥያቄ
10፥35-45 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 20፥20-28
35ከዚያም የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ የምንለምንህን ሁሉ እንድታደርግልን እንፈልጋለን” አሉት።
36እርሱም፣ “ምን እንዳደርግላችሁ ትፈልጋላችሁ?” አላቸው።
37እነርሱም፣ “በክብርህ ጊዜ አንዳችን በቀኝህ፣ አንዳችን በግራህ እንድንቀመጥ ፍቀድልን” አሉት።
38ኢየሱስም፣ “የምትለምኑትን አታውቁም፤ እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ፣ የምጠመቀውንስ ጥምቀት ልትጠመቁ ትችላላችሁን?” አላቸው።
39እነርሱም፣ “አዎን እንችላለን” አሉት።
ኢየሱስም፣ “እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ትጠጣላችሁ፤ እኔ የምጠመቀውንም ጥምቀት ትጠመቃላችሁ፤ 40ነገር ግን በቀኜ ወይም በግራዬ መቀመጥ ለተዘጋጀላቸው የሚሆን እንጂ እኔ የምሰጠው ነገር አይደለም” አላቸው።
41ዐሥሩ ይህን ሲሰሙ፣ ያዕቆብንና ዮሐንስን መቈጣት ጀመሩ። 42ኢየሱስም በአንድነት ሰብስቦ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “የአሕዛብ አለቆች ተብለው የሚታሰቡት እንደሚገዟቸው፤ ሹሞቻቸውም በእነርሱ ላይ ሥልጣናቸውን እንደሚያሳዩ ታውቃላችሁ፤ 43በእናንተ ዘንድ ግን እንዲህ አይደለም፤ ከመካከላችሁ ታላቅ መሆን የሚፈልግ ሁሉ አገልጋይ ይሁን፤ 44ፊተኛ ለመሆን የሚፈልግ ሁሉ፣ የሁሉ ባሪያ ይሁን፤ 45የሰው ልጅ ሊያገለግልና ሕይወቱን ለብዙዎች ቤዛ አድርጎ ሊሰጥ መጣ እንጂ ሊገለገል አልመጣምና።”
ኢየሱስ ዐይነ ስውሩን በርጤሜዎስን ፈወሰ
10፥46-52 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 20፥29-34፤ ሉቃ 18፥35-43
46ከዚህ በኋላ ወደ ኢያሪኮ መጡ። ኢየሱስና ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ከብዙ ሕዝብ ጋር ከኢያሪኮ ሲወጡ ዐይነ ስውሩ የጤሜዎስ ልጅ በርጤሜዎስ በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጦ ይለምን ነበር። 47እርሱም የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ መሆኑን በሰማ ጊዜ፣ “የዳዊት ልጅ፣ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፤ ማረኝ!” እያለ ይጮኽ ጀመር።
48ብዙዎችም ዝም እንዲል ገሠጹት፤ እርሱ ግን፣ “የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፤ ማረኝ!” እያለ የባሰ ጮኸ።
49ኢየሱስም ቆም ብሎ፣ “ጥሩት” አላቸው።
እነርሱም ዐይነ ስውሩን፣ “አይዞህ፤ ተነሥ፤ ይጠራሃል!” አሉት። 50እርሱም ልብሱን ጥሎ ብድግ በማለት፣ ተነሥቶ ወደ ኢየሱስ መጣ።
51ኢየሱስም፣ “ምን እንዳደርግልህ ትፈልጋለህ?” አለው።
ዐይነ ስውሩም፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ እንዳይ እፈልጋለሁ” አለው።
52ኢየሱስም፣ “ሂድ፣ እምነትህ አድኖሃል” አለው፤ ወዲያውም ዐይኑ በራለት፤ በመንገድም ኢየሱስን ተከትሎት ሄደ።
Jesus Teaches About Divorce
1Jesus left that place and went into the area of Judea and across the Jordan River. Again crowds of people came to him. As usual, he taught them.
2Some Pharisees came to test Jesus. They asked, “Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife?”
3“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a letter of divorce and send her away.”
5“You were stubborn. That’s why Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6“But at the beginning of creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ (Genesis 1:27) 7‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. 8The two of them will become one.’ (Genesis 2:24) They are no longer two, but one. 9So no one should separate what God has joined together.”
10When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11He answered, “What if a man divorces his wife and gets married to another woman? He commits adultery against her. 12And what if she divorces her husband and gets married to another man? She commits adultery.”
Little Children Are Brought to Jesus
13People were bringing little children to Jesus. They wanted him to place his hands on them to bless them. But the disciples told them to stop. 14When Jesus saw this, he was angry. He said to his disciples, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t keep them away. God’s kingdom belongs to people like them. 15What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive God’s kingdom like a little child will never enter it.” 16Then he took the children in his arms. He placed his hands on them to bless them.
Rich People and the Kingdom of God
17As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him. He fell on his knees before Jesus. “Good teacher,” he said, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”
18“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good except God. 19You know what the commandments say. ‘Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not be a false witness. Do not cheat. Honor your father and mother.’ ” (Exodus 20:12–16; Deuteronomy 5:16–20)
20“Teacher,” he said, “I have obeyed all those commandments since I was a boy.”
21Jesus looked at him and loved him. “You are missing one thing,” he said. “Go and sell everything you have. Give the money to those who are poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”
22The man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he was very rich.
23Jesus looked around. He said to his disciples, “How hard it is for rich people to enter God’s kingdom!”
24The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter God’s kingdom! 25Is it hard for a camel to go through the eye of a needle? It is even harder for someone who is rich to enter God’s kingdom!”
26The disciples were even more amazed. They said to each other, “Then who can be saved?”
27Jesus looked at them and said, “With people, this is impossible. But not with God. All things are possible with God.”
28Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
29“What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus replied. “Has anyone left home or family or fields for me and the good news? 30They will receive 100 times as much in this world. They will have homes and families and fields. But they will also be treated badly by others. In the world to come they will live forever. 31But many who are first will be last. And the last will be first.”
Jesus Speaks a Third Time About His Coming Death
32They were on their way up to Jerusalem. Jesus was leading the way. The disciples were amazed. Those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the 12 disciples to one side. He told them what was going to happen to him. 33“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said. “The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will sentence him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles. 34They will make fun of him and spit on him. They will whip him and kill him. Three days later he will rise from the dead!”
James and John Ask Jesus for a Favor
35James and John came to Jesus. They were the sons of Zebedee. “Teacher,” they said, “we would like to ask you for a favor.”
36“What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right hand in your glorious kingdom. Let the other one sit at your left hand.”
38“You don’t know what you’re asking for,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup of suffering I drink? Or can you go through the baptism of suffering I must go through?”
39“We can,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink. And you will go through the baptism I go through. 40But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or left hand. These places belong to those they are prepared for.”
41The other ten disciples heard about it. They became angry at James and John. 42Jesus called them together. He said, “You know about those who are rulers of the Gentiles. They hold power over their people. Their high officials order them around. 43Don’t be like that. Instead, anyone who wants to be important among you must be your servant. 44And anyone who wants to be first must be the slave of everyone. 45Even the Son of Man did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46Jesus and his disciples came to Jericho. They were leaving the city. A large crowd was with them. A blind man was sitting by the side of the road begging. His name was Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus means Son of Timaeus. 47He heard that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. So he began to shout, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!”
48Many people commanded him to stop. They told him to be quiet. But he shouted even louder, “Son of David! Have mercy on me!”
49Jesus stopped and said, “Call for him.”
So they called out to the blind man, “Cheer up! Get up on your feet! Jesus is calling for you.” 50He threw his coat to one side. Then he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
51“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to be able to see.”
52“Go,” said Jesus. “Your faith has healed you.” Right away he could see. And he followed Jesus along the road.
