Matthew 19

¹And it came to pass when Jesus finished these words that He withdrew from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

²And many crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

³And Pharisees came to Him, testing Him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife for any cause?”

⁴And answering, He said, “Did you not read that the One having created from the beginning ‘made them male and female,’

⁵and He said, ‘On account of this a man will leave the father and the mother and be joined with his wife, and the two will be for one flesh’?

⁶So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God yoked together, let man not separate.”

⁷They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a roll of divorce and to send her away?”

⁸He says to them, “Moses, for your hardness of heart, allowed you to divorce your wives; but it has not been this way from the beginning.

⁹And I say to you that whoever shall send away his wife, except for sexual immorality, and shall marry another, he commits adultery.”

¹⁰His disciples say to Him, “If this is the case of the man with the wife, it is better not to marry.”

¹¹And He said to them, “Not all receive this word, but those to whom it has been given.

¹²For there are eunuchs who were born thus from the womb of their mother, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. The one being able to receive it, let him receive it.”

¹³Then little children were brought to Him so that He might lay the hands on them and He might pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴But Jesus said, “Permit the little children, and do not forbid them to come to Me! For unto such is the kingdom of the heavens.”

¹⁵And having laid the hands on them, He went from there.

¹⁶And behold, one having come to Him said, “Teacher, what good shall I do so that I shall have eternal life?”

¹⁷And He said to him, “Why do you ask Me about the good? One is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

¹⁸He says to Him, “Which?” And Jesus said, “‘You will not murder, you will not commit adultery, you will not steal, you will not bear false witness,

¹⁹honor the father and the mother, and you will love your neighbor as yourself.’”

²⁰The young man says to Him, “All these I kept. What do I still lack?”

²¹Jesus was saying to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you are possessing and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in the heavens. And come, follow Me.”

²²And having heard this word, the young man went away grieving, for he was one having many possessions.

²³And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you that with difficulty a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

²⁴And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

²⁵And having heard, the disciples were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then is able to be saved?”

²⁶And having looked on them, Jesus said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

²⁷Then answering, Peter said to Him, “Behold, we have left all and followed You. What then will be unto us?”

²⁸And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that you, the ones having followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit down upon His throne of glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

³⁰But many who are first will be last, and last, first.