Catholic Public Domain Version
"His disciples said to him, “If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry.” "
— Matthew 19:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.”
“The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry. ”
“His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."”
“The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!””
“His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.”
“The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.”
“His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.”
They said to him, “Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?”
He said to them: “Although Moses permitted you to separate from your wives, due to the hardness of your heart, it was not that way from the beginning.
And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery.”
His disciples said to him, “If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry.”
And he said to them: “Not everyone is able to grasp this word, but only those to whom it has been given.
For there are chaste persons who were born so from their mother’s womb, and there are chaste persons who have been made so by men, and there are chaste persons who have made themselves chaste for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever is able to grasp this, let him grasp it.”
Then they brought to him little children, so that he would place his hands upon them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them.