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Jesus was speaking figuratively. You don't think he was being literal, do you? If you do, you're making a poor case for Luther's doctrine of Sola Scriptura.

Do you actually READ the Bible? Back in the first century there really WERE men that were MADE eunuchs - they were CASTRATED. Some men were castrated by others - to be in charge of harems, for example, some asked to be castrated and some were born without the organs and/or hormones to ever have sexual desires. From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eunuch:

Castrated human male. From remote antiquity on, eunuchs were employed in the Middle East and China as guards and servants in harems or other women's quarters and as chamberlains to kings. The eunuchs' confidential position frequently enabled them to exercise an important influence over their royal masters. Many of the patriarchs of Constantinople during Byzantine times were eunuchs. Eunuch advisers disappeared as a class only with the end of the Ottoman Empire.

So, no, Jesus knew the difference between celibacy and eunuchs. Someone who was castrated could NEVER have sexual relations so it would not be a matter of celibacy. If you put some thought into your questions instead of jumping onto every chance to dig at Evangelicals, you might learn a thing or two and preserve a little dignity at the same time.

"I'd still get throat cancer!"