Mark 10:1-16

11Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, 2according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

2Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to 3divorce a wife. 3And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “4Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and 5send her away.” 5But Jesus said to them, “67Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6But 8from the beginning of creation, God 9made them male and female. 710For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother11, 812and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

10In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. 11And He said to them, “13Whoever 14divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; 12and 15if she herself 16divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

1317And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; 18for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15Truly I say to you, 19whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” 16And He 20took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.