Matthew 19:1-12 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, He removed from Galilee, and came to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

2 and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

3 And the Pharisees came near to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”

4 And He answering said to them, “Did you not read that He who made [them] from the beginning, made them a male and a female,

5 and said, For this cause will a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they will be—the two—for one flesh?

6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh; what therefore God joined together, let no man separate.”

7 They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?”

8 He says to them, “Moses for your stiffness of heart permitted you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

9 And I say to you that whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, commits adultery; and he who married her that has been put away, commits adultery.”

10 His disciples say to Him, “If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.”

11 And He said to them, “All do not receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

12 for there are eunuchs who from the mother’s womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens: he who is able to receive [it]—let him receive.”