Eunuchs in the Bible

In the New Covenant, marriage is not an expectation, as we don’t make new kingdom members by having children, but rather by sharing the gospel. Jesus affirmed the option of being a eunuch in Matt 19:11-12 when talking about people made eunuchs (castrated by emperors), born eunuchs (asexual or possibly intersex), or made themselves eunuchs (either through castration or will-powered celibacy) for the Kingdom. 

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