²⁰ Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

Miscellaneous Laws

^5 (A)“When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and ^(B)bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

³³ But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife.

²⁹ But ^(A)this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, ³⁰ those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, ³¹ and those who use this world as not ^(B)misusing it. For ^(C)the form of this world is passing away.

²⁹ So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ^30 (B)who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

^26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me ^(B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, ^(C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ And ^(D)whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. ²⁸ For ^(E)which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—