Matthew 19:3-12

Revised Geneva Translation

³ Then the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife upon every occasion?”

⁴ And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He Who made them at the beginning, made them male and female;

⁵ “and said, ‘For this reason, a man shall leave father and mother, and cling to his wife. And those who were two, shall be one flesh?’

⁶ “Therefore, they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore, do not let man separate that which God has coupled together.”

⁷ They said to Him, “Why, then, did Moses command to give a Bill of Divorcement, and to send her away?”

⁸ He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not so.

⁹ “Therefore, I say to you that whoever shall divorce his wife and marry another, unless it is for promiscuity, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorcee ́, commits adultery.”

¹⁰ His disciples said to Him, “If it is so between man and wife, it is not good to marry.”

¹¹ But He said to them, “All men cannot receive this thing. Only those to whom it is given.

¹² “For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother’s belly. And there are some eunuchs who are gelded by men. And there be some eunuchs who have gelded themselves for the Kingdom of Heaven. The one who is able to receive this, let him receive it.”