⁶ But ^(A)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them ^(B)male and female.’ ^7 (C)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,^{[a] 8} and ^(D)the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. ^9 (E)What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Let the Children Come to Me

^13 (A)And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples ^(B)rebuked them. ¹⁴ But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, ^(C)“Let the children come to me; ^(D)do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. ^15 (E)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not ^(F)receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” ¹⁶ And ^(G)he took them in his arms and blessed them, ^(H)laying his hands on them.