Matthew 19:12

Good News Translation

For there are different reasons why men cannot marry: some, because they were born that way; others, because men made them that way; and others do not marry for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Let him who can accept this teaching do so.”

Cross References

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own direct descendants will be taken away and made eunuchs to serve in the palace of the king of Babylonia.”

Matthew 19:11

Jesus answered, “This teaching does not apply to everyone, but only to those to whom God has given it.

Matthew 19:13

Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and to pray for them, but the disciples scolded the people.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I haven't made use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this now in order to claim such rights for myself. I would rather die first! Nobody is going to turn my rightful boast into empty words!

1 Corinthians 9:5

Don't I have the right to follow the example of the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Peter, by taking a Christian wife with me on my trips?

Revelation 14:4

They are the men who have kept themselves pure by not having sexual relations with women; they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from the rest of the human race and are the first ones to be offered to God and to the Lamb.