1And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, that he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.2And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.3And Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?'4He answered and said, 'Have you not read that he who created from the beginning made them male and female?'5And he said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.'6So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.7They said to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce and to put her away?'8He said to them, 'Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart, but from the beginning it has not been so.'9And I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.10The disciples said to him, 'If this is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.'11But he said to them, 'Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given.'12For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, 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 heaven. Let the one who is able to accept this accept it.13Then children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.14But Jesus said, 'Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'15And after laying his hands on them, he went away from there.