Matthew 19:3-12

Darby Translation

³ And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

⁴ But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,

⁵ and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

⁶ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

⁷ They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away?

⁸ He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.

⁹ But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.

¹⁰ His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

¹¹ And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

¹² for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from [their] mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].