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Matthew - ch 19 v 1 - 20
- And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan.
- And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them there.
- And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, Made them male and female? And he said:
- For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
- Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
- They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?
- He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
- And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
- His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
- Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.
- For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
- Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
- But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such.
- And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence.
- And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?
- Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
- He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.
- Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
- The young man saith to him: All these I have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me?
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