The Book of Mark, Chapter 10, Verse 1

‹For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.›

‹And whosoever shall offend one of› [these] ‹little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.›

‹And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:›

‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.›

‹And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:›

‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.›

‹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:›

‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.›

‹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.›

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‹Salt› [is] ‹good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.›

King James Version

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

American Standard Version

And he arose from thence and cometh into the borders of Judaea and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

New English Translation

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

World English Bible

He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.

And he answered and said unto them, ‹What did Moses command you?›

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.›

‹But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.›

‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;›

‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.›

‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].

And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.›