Matthew 19:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it.”

Cross References

Isaiah 39:7

And some of your own sons, who are born to you, shall be taken away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 19:13

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people;

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Revelation 14:4

It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste; it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,