38 And Philip said, Lord, are there few that God has joined in holy marriage bonds?
39 And Jesus said, God knows the pure in heart; the lustful men and women are but creatures of the lustful self; they cannot be at one; nor can they be at one with God.
40 Nathaniel said, Is it not well that all men should refrain from taking on themselves the marriage vow?
41 And Jesus said, Men are not pure because they are unmarried men. The man who lusts is an adulterer if he has wife or not.
42 And then he said to all, Some things men know by being told, while other things they know not till the gate of consciousness shall open up for them.
43 I speak a mystery that now you cannot understand; but you shall some day understand.
44 A eunuch is a man who does not lust; some men are eunuchs born, some men are eunuchs by the power of men, and some are eunuchs by the Holy Breath, who makes them free in God through Christ.
45 He who is able to receive the truth I speak, let him receive.
CHAPTER 144.
The Christines at Tiberius. Jesus speaks on the inner life. Relates the parable of the prodigal son. The resentment of the elder brother.