^20 (A)Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If ^(B)God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me ^(C)bread to eat and clothing to put on, ²¹ so that ^(D)I come back to my father’s house in peace, ^(E)then the Lord shall be my God. ²² And this stone which I have set as a pillar ^(F)shall be God’s house, ^(G)and of all that You give me I will surely give a ^[a]tenth to You.”

² Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

⁹ but ^(A)if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

²⁸ Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather ^(A)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something ^(B)to give him who has need.

Jesus Teaches on Celibacy

¹¹ But He said to them, ^(A)“All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given: