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Interesting.
I've heard anti-choice people spurt John 19:14 a lot as a tool to attack birth control and women's body rights. Let's look at it in context, shall we?
19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should
put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to
come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
So the disciples were basically shouting at the kids, "HEY! Don't touch our Jesus!"
This line has nothing at all to do with birth control, though perhaps because of the previous lines, it's misleading to the people who deliberately want to misread it.
19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing
of divorcement, and to put her away?
19:8 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.
19:9 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.
19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with
his wife, it is not good to marry.
19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save
they to whom it is given.
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.
Also worth noting this chunk would have been heavily edited for the King James edition which is what I'm reading.
19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should
put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to
come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
So the disciples were basically shouting at the kids, "HEY! Don't touch our Jesus!"
This line has nothing at all to do with birth control, though perhaps because of the previous lines, it's misleading to the people who deliberately want to misread it.
19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing
of divorcement, and to put her away?
19:8 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.
19:9 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.
19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with
his wife, it is not good to marry.
19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save
they to whom it is given.
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.
Also worth noting this chunk would have been heavily edited for the King James edition which is what I'm reading.