Mark 10:1-16

11Setting out from there, Jesus went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered to Him again, and, 2as He was accustomed, He once more began to teach them.

2And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began questioning Him whether it was lawful for a man to 3divorce his wife. 3And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “4Moses permitted a man to write a 5certificate of divorce and 6send his wife away.” 5But Jesus said to them, “78Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6But 9from the beginning of creation, God 10created them male and female. 711For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother12, 813and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.”

10And in the house the disciples again began questioning Him about this. 11And He said to them, “14Whoever 15divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; 12and 16if she herself 17divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

1318And they were bringing children to Him so that He would touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Allow the children to come to Me; do not 19forbid them, 20for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15Truly I say to you, 21whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” 16And He 22took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.