Mark Chapter 10 Verse 7‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;›

‹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:›

‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.›

‹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.›

‹Salt› [is] ‹good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.›

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.

And he answered and said unto them, ‹What did Moses command you?›

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.›

‹But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.›

‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.›

‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].

And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.›

‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and [his] disciples rebuked those that brought [them].

But when Jesus saw [it], he was much displeased, and said unto them, ‹Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.›

‹Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.›

And he took them up in his arms, put [his] hands upon them, and blessed them.

And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

The Book of Mark, Chapter 10, Verse 7