⁷ “‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,^(A) because priests are holy to their God.^{(B) 8} 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)

⁹ “‘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.’”

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.

⁵ 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)

² 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)

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