Mark 10:1-16 ▼

1 And He arose from thence and came into the coasts of Judea, through the country beyond Jordan: and the people resorted to Him again; and, as He was wont, He taught them again.

2 And the pharisees came to Him and asked Him, "if it were lawful for a man to put away his wife," tempting Him.

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

4 And they said, Moses permitted a man to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.

5 And Jesus replied, He wrote this precept on account of your cruel tempers:

6 but from the beginning of the world, God created them male and female.

7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,

8 and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

9 Therefore let not man separate what God hath joined together.

10 And when they were in the house his disciples asked Him again about it:

11 and He told them, Whoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery against her.

12 And if a woman be divorced from her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

13 And they brought to Him little children that He might touch them: and the disciples rebuked those that brought them.

14 Which Jesus observing, was much displeased, and said to them, Let the children come to me; and hinder them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

15 Verily I tell you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall by no means enter into it.

16 And He took them in his arms, and put his hands upon them, and blessed them.