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Matthew 19:1-12
Divorce
19:1-9 pp — Mk 10:1-12
Mt 19:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things,a he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed themb there.
Mt 19:3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wifec for any and every reason?”
Mt 19:4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’1d 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’2 ?e 6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Mt 19:7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”f
Mt 19:8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.”g
Mt 19:10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
Mt 19:11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.h 12 For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage3 because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
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New International Version
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society®
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