Matthew 19
King James Version (KJV)
19 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these
sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond
Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them
there.
3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying
unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that
he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and
mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What
therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a
writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your
hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not
so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and
whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so
with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this
saying, save they to whom it is given.
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.
13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he
should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them
not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master,
what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is
none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no
murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not
bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I
kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell
that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:
and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away
sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto
you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of
God.
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly
amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this
is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have
forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye
which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in
the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's
sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall
be first.
WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN WHEN WE PRAY?
This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen :
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me
around. We walked side-by-side inside
a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped
in front of the first section and said, 'This
is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to
God said in prayer are received.
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly
busy with so many angels sorting out petitions
written on voluminous paper sheets and
scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor
until we reached the second section.
The angel then said to me, "This is the
Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the
graces and blessings the people asked for
are processed and delivered to the living
persons who asked for them." I noticed again
how busy it was there. There were many
angels working hard at that station, since
so many blessings had been requested and
were being packaged
for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long
corridor we stopped at the door of a very
small station. To my great surprise, only one
angel was seated there, idly doing nothing.
"This is the Acknowledgment Section, my
angel friend quietly admitted to me. He
seemed embarrassed.
"How is it that there is no work going on
here? I asked."
"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people
receive the blessings that they asked for,
very few send back acknowledgments."
"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?
"I asked.
"Simple," the angel answered. Just say,
"Thank you, Lord."
"What blessings should they acknowledge?"
I asked.
"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes
on your back, a roof overhead and a place to
sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet,
and spare change in a dish, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy, and if you
get this on your own computer, you are
part of the 1% in the world who has that
opportunity."
"If you woke up this morning with more
health than illness.. You are more blessed
than the many who will not even survive
this day."
"If you have never experienced the fear in
battle, the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture, or the pangs of
starvation... You are ahead of 700 million
people in the world."
"If you can attend a church without the
fear of harassment, arrest, torture or
death you are envied by, and more
blessed than, three billion people
in the world."
"If your parents are still alive and still
married.... you are very rare."
"If you can hold your head up and smile,
you are not the norm, you're unique to all
those in doubt and despair......."
"Ok," I said. "What now? How can I
start?"
The Angel said, "If you can read this
message, you just received a double
blessing in that someone was thinking
of you as very special and you are more
blessed than over two billion people in
the world who cannot read at all."
Have a good day, count your blessings,
and if you care to, pass this along to remind
everyone else how blessed we all are..........
ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to
share this message and for giving me so many wonderful
people with whom to share it."
If you have read this far, and are thankful for
all that you have been blessed with, how
can you not send it on?
I thank God for everything, especially all
my family and friends.
