Since we could write a “book” on each day’s reading, we are going to try to pick out only a few selected verses to write about.

Concerning divorce: Jesus left no questions on this one. A "no-fault" divorce is not scriptural. Modern day Jews however have something known as a "get" which is basically a "no-fault" divorce. 

Jesus rebuked the disciples concerning the children. In fact, He was indignant! He said they should not hinder them. Does that tell us how Jesus feels about little children? Does that tell us the importance of teaching children?

Even adults should enter into salvation with the innocence and faith of little children and with the temper and spirit of a child with a teachable, mild, and humble spirit, free from prejudice or preconceived notions of how we think things are or should be.

The rich young ruler had been keeping the old law, but Jesus is telling him there is more.

“Jesus looked at him and loved him”. Put your name in there. See how it sounds? Jesus told the man that He (Jesus) loved him enough to die for him. 

Love of possessions. Having wealth won’t keep us from heaven, making wealth our god, (instead of making Jesus our God) will.

Jesus used a comparison about the rich entering the kingdom of heaven and the camel going through the eye of a needle. There is much debate on the camel and eye of the needle. Many think camel may have been mistranslated and it should have read rope instead of camel. It would be harder for a rope to go through the eye of a needle. Others think the eye of the needle was a small gate going into the Jerusalem wall. In order for a camel to get through this gate, all the baggage heaped upon the camel would have to be removed and the camel to go down on it’s knees to get through (which a camel cannot do). This sounds as if we must get rid of all the “baggage” of sin that we carry with us, or anything that hinders us and get down on our knees to enter heaven. Or Jesus may have meant it exactly as it is written, for a camel to go through the eye of needle, a profound and comical illustration.

Jesus tells the disciples they will sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel at the renewal of all things.  Jesus is referring to renewing the earth with "Garden of Eden" type conditions as will take place during the millennium.  

James and John, the sons of thunder, the bold and the loud, want Jesus to do whatever they ask of Him. They were thinking earthly. They were asking to be on either side of Him in His kingdom. How must they  have felt to know about the two criminals on either side of Him at the crucifixion.

“…you will drink the cup I drink…”

Jesus is telling His disciples that “the cup” is His death and that they will also drink of “the cup”, meaning they, except for John would die a martyr's death. 

When blind Bartimaeus shouted out to Jesus to have mercy, Jesus asked him what he wanted. Jesus knew what he wanted! The man was blind!  He wanted to see! Kind of a rhetorical question, don’t you think? But it illustrates an important point. Even though God knows what we need before we ask Him, He still wants us to ask. Amazing!

When speaking to the disciples about His soon-to-come crucifixion, Jesus said men would condemn Him to death and...

Mark 10:34
who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise."

Jesus makes it pretty clear that He will rise after three days (three full days and three full nights), not three “parts” of days.

Mark 10:38
"You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

This baptism has nothing to do with water. Salvation happens when a person becomes a believer in Jesus. Being water baptized is an outward symbol of an inward change. The real baptism is baptism of the Holy Spirit. 

One of the most important verses in Scripture for understanding the timeline of the last week of the life of Jesus is the following:

John 12:1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

For details concerning the timeline of Holy Week and the anointing of Jesus by Mary, see the book The Journey of Jesus from the Manger to the Mansion by Phil and Patti Moore.

Let's ponder this verse today, the question that Jesus asked blind Bartimaeus, “What do you want me to do for you?” and think about all we ask Jesus to do for us. How about directing that verse to Jesus and ask Him what He wants us to do for HIM!