from his encounter with Jesus, leaving Jesus to speak with his disciples about the difficulty faced by "a rich man [wishing] to enter the kingdom of heaven". Verse 2 And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there. Johann Bengel notes that "there" is not specific: it refers to many places where cures were performed. Verse 3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" In the Textus Receptus, the sentence refers to , (the Pharisees) but the word 'the' (οι) is excluded from later critical editions, hence many translations speak of "some" Pharisees. Jesus' teaching on divorce has already been set out in the Sermon on the Mount, but here the teaching is further elucidated. Verse 10 His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry". The (ou sympherei gamēsai) may be translated as "it is better not to marry" or "it is not better to marry". Arthur Carr, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, describes Jesus' ruling as "a revolution in thought brought to pass by Christ". Verses 16–24 If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. These verses convey the episode of Jesus and the rich young man, concluding with "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven". Verses 25-26 25 The disciples were staggered. “Then who has any chance at all?” 26 Jesus looked hard at them and said, “No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it.” Arts The events of this chapter are combined in Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print. See also Galilee Jordan Judea Moses Ten Commandments Other related Bible parts: Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Exodus 20, Leviticus 19, Deuteronomy 5, Malachi 2, Mark 10, Luke 18, 1 Corinthians 7 References External links King James Bible - Wikisource English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.) Gospel of