Matthew 19:4-16

4And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’

5and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

6So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

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

8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

10His disciples said to Him, “If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

11But He said to them, “All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given:

12For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.”

13Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

14But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

15And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.

16Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”