Mark 10:1–12 belongs to the section of Mark’s Gospel that focuses on Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem with his disciples (Mark 8:22 – 10:52). This middle section is framed by two accounts involving the healing of a blind man (Mark 8:22–26; Mark 10:45–52) and it also contains three predictions by Jesus regarding his future suffering, death and resurrection (Mark 8:31; Mark 9:31; Mark 10:33–34). The focus of these middle chapter is learning what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. We learn from these chapters that to follow Jesus is to accept the way of the cross—a life of service, obedience, and sacrifice. As a result, this section of the Gospel is often described as the discipleship section.
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1 And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.