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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Matthew 19
⁴ And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,
⁵ and said, ’FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’?
⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
⁷ They *said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?"
⁸ He *said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.
⁹ And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."
¹⁰ The disciples *said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry."
¹¹ But He said to them, "Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.
¹² For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it."
¹³ Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
¹⁴ But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."