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Mark 10:6-19 Common English Bible (CEB)

6. At the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

7. Because of this, a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife,

8. and the two will be one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh.

9. Therefore, humans must not pull apart what God has put together."

10. Inside the house, the disciples asked him again about this.

11. He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;

12. and if a wife divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

13. People were bringing children to Jesus so that he would bless them. But the disciples scolded them.

14. When Jesus saw this, he grew angry and said to them, "Allow the children to come to me. Don’t forbid them, because God’s kingdom belongs to people like these children.

15. I assure you that whoever doesn’t welcome God’s kingdom like a child will never enter it."

16. Then he hugged the children and blessed them.

17. As Jesus continued down the road, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked, "Good Teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life?"

18. Jesus replied, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except the one God.

19. You know the commandments: Don’t commit murder. Don’t commit adultery. Don’t steal. Don’t give false testimony. Don’t cheat. Honor your father and mother."

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