“‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,(A) because priests are holy to their God.(B) Regard them as holy,(C) because they offer up the food of your God.(D) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.(E)

“‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.(F)

10 “‘The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head(G) and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments,(H) must not let his hair become unkempt[a] or tear his clothes.(I) 11 He must not enter a place where there is a dead body.(J) He must not make himself unclean,(K) even for his father or mother,(L) 12 nor leave the sanctuary(M) of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil(N) of his God. I am the Lord.

13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(O) 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people, 15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:10 Or not uncover his head

Jesus Heals Many(A)

14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

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Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(A) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(B) and Cephas[a]?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter

Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E)

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12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife(A) and must manage his children and his household well.(B)

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Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good(A)

The reason I left you in Crete(B) was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint[a] elders(C) in every town, as I directed you.

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:5 Or ordain

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