Matthew 19:11-13

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

¹¹But the One said to them, “Not all give-way-to^[a] this statement, but [only] ones to whom it has been given. ¹²For there are eunuchs^[b] who were born thus from a mother’s womb. And there are eunuchs who were made-eunuchs by people. And there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. Let the one being able to give way, give way”.

Don’t Forbid The Children To Come To Me. Of Such Is The Kingdom of God

¹³Then children were brought to Him in order that He might lay His hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them^[c].

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Footnotes

Matthew 19:11 Or, make room for, accept. Not all have the ability to live in an unmarried state. This is an understatement, since God made them to be a pair, v 4-5. But Jesus validates singleness as also a gift from God, in contradiction to the views of that day.
Matthew 19:12 That is, celibate or castrated males. Some are born with this disposition, some are forced into it, some choose to remain unmarried.
Matthew 19:13 That is, those who brought the children.

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