Read for This Week’s Study: Mark 10; Gen. 1:27; Gen.2:24; Gal. 4:1, 2; Rom. 6:1–11; Isa. 11:1–16.Memory Text: “ ‘For even the Son of Man did not come to be served,but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many’ ” (Mark 10:45,NKJV).This week covers Mark 10, completing the special section inwhich Jesus teaches His disciples in preparation for the Cross.About half of the chapter deals with the disciples themselves,and the rest with issues important to discipleship but told throughthe lens of others who interact with Jesus. Pharisees come and arguewith Him over the subject of divorce. Parents bring their children forJesus to bless. A rich man asks about eternal life, and a blind manasks for sight.This chapter of Mark carries important teachings about what itmeans to follow Jesus, particularly as it relates to living in the hereand now: marriage, children, how to relate to riches, and the rewardand cost of following Him. Topping it off is the healing of a secondblind man (Mark 10:46–52; compare with Mark 8:22–26), whichprovides the closing bookend for the section (Mark 8:22–10:52)and a beautiful illustration of what following Jesus both costs andleads to.Together, these lessons prepare the follower of Jesus—whether thedisciples 2,000 years ago or disciples in the twenty-first century—forthe challenges that come with discipleship.* Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, August 24