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Matthew 19:12Matt.19.12

‹For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from› [their] ‹mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive› [it], ‹let him receive› [it].

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car il y a des eunuques qui le sont dès le ventre de leur mère; il y en a qui le sont devenus par les hommes; et il y en a qui se sont rendus tels eux-mêmes, à cause du royaume des cieux. Que celui qui peut comprendre comprenne.

KJV

‹For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from› [their] ‹mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive› [it], ‹let him receive› [it].

Patristic reading

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  • Ignatius of Antioch

    Epistulae vii genuinae

    αὶ ἡ δόξα τῶν ἀγγέλων καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ὁρατοί τε καὶ ἀόρατοι, ἐὰν μὴ πιστεύσωσιν εἰς τὸ αἷμα Χριστοῦ, Mt. 19, 12 κἀκείνοις κρίσις ἐστίν: ὁ χωρῶν χωρείτω. τόπος μηδένα φυσιούτω: τὸ γὰρ ὅλον ἐστὶν πίστις καὶ ἀγάπη, ὧν οὐδὲν προκέκριται. καταμάθετε δὲ τοὺς ἑτεροδοξοῦντας εἰς τὴν χάρι…
  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ὶ νῦν μᾶλλον ἔχεσθαι αὐτὸν τοῦ τῆς κατηχήσεως ἔργου παρορμᾷ. ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὗτος τοιοῦτός τις ἦν. 13 Matth. 19, 12. οὐ μακροῖς δὲ χρόνοις ὕστερον ὁ αὐτὸς ὁρῶν εὖ πράττοντα, μέγαν τε καὶ λαμπρὸν καὶ παρὰ πᾶσιν ὄντα βεβοημένον, ἀνθρώπινόν τι πεπονθὼς τοῖς ἀνὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐπισκόπ…
  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ἐπιτελοῦντι τῷ Ὠριγένει πρᾶγμά τι πέπρακται φρενὸς μὲν ἀτελοῦς καὶ νεανικῆς, πίστεώς γε μὴν ὁμοῦ καὶ Matt. 19,12 μέγιστον δεῖγμα περιέχον. τὸ γὰρ “εἰσὶν εὐωνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν ἑαυτοὺς διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν’’ ἁπΛούστερον καὶ νεανικώτερον ἐκλαβών, ὁμοῦ μὲν σωτήριον φωνὴν…

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