Matthew Chapter 19 Verse 3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

‹But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took› [him] ‹by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.›

‹And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.›

‹And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.›

‹So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.›

‹Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:›

‹Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?›

‹And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.›

‹So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.›

And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›

‹And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?›

‹Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

He saith unto them, ‹Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.›

‹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except› [it be] ‹for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.›

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

But he said unto them, ‹All› [men] ‹cannot receive this saying, save› [they] ‹to whom it is given.›

‹For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from› [their] ‹mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive› [it], ‹let him receive› [it].

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put [his] hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

The Book of Matthew, Chapter 19, Verse 3