Jesus

and having taken them in his arms, having put his hands upon them, he was blessing them.

And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?'

And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One--God;

And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.'

And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast--sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!'

And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'

And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him,

--`Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,

and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'

And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'

and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;'

and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with--to be baptized?'

And they said to him, `We are able;' and Jesus said to them, `Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;

but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but--to those for whom it hath been prepared.'

but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;

for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus--Bartimaeus the blind--was sitting beside the way begging,

and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David--Jesus! deal kindly with me;'

and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;'