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His disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."
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But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given.
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For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."
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He said to them, "It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
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And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery."
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His disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."
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But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given.
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For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."
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Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them;
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but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs."