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For there are some chaste, which are so borne, out of their mothers wombe: And there are some chaste, which be made chaste of me: And there be chaste, which haue made themselues chaste, for the kyngdome of heauens sake. He that is able to receaue it, let him receaue it.

Matthew 19:12

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Louis Segond 1910Car 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.
Martin 1744Car il y a des eunuques, qui sont ainsi nés du ventre de leur mère; et il y a des eunuques, qui ont été faits eunuques par les hommes; et il y a des eunuques qui se sont faits eux-mêmes eunuques pour le Royaume des cieux. Que celui qui peut comprendre ceci, le comprenne.
King JamesFor 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.

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