When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
He said, “Yes.” And when Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do yoʋ think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tax? From their own sons or from strangers?”
So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she rose and began to serve him.
Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Do we not have a right to take along a wife who is a sister in Christ, as do the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Therefore the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed must be kept pure, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.