11. Jesus answered, “This teaching does not apply to everyone, but only to those to whom God has given it.
12. For there are different reasons why men cannot marry: some, because they were born that way; others, because men made them that way; and others do not marry for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Let him who can accept this teaching do so.”
13. Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and to pray for them, but the disciples scolded the people.
14. Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
15. He placed his hands on them and then went away.
16. Once a man came to Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what good thing must I do to receive eternal life?”