“His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 19 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.