Matthew 19:1-12
1Teaching about Divorce Mark 10:1-12When Jesus had finished saying these things, ▼▼Lit. finished these sayings
he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side ▼▼I.e., the east side
of the Jordan.Mark 10:1; John 10:40 2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.Matt 12:15 3Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man ▼▼Other mss. lack for a man
to divorce his wife for any reason?” 4He answered them, “Haven't you read that the one who made ▼▼Other mss. read created
them at the beginning ‘made them male and female’ ▼▼Gen 1:27; 5:2
Gen 1:27; 5:2; Mal 2:15 5and said, ‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? ▼▼Gen 2:24
Gen 2:24; Mark 10:5-9; 1Cor 6:16; 7:2; Eph 5:31 6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate.” 7They asked him, “Why, then, did Moses order us ‘to give a certificate of divorce and divorce her’?” ▼▼Deut 24:1, 3
Deut 24:1; Matt 5:31 8He said to them, “It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way. 9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” ▼▼Other mss. read adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery
Matt 5:32; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18; 1Cor 7:10-11 10His disciples said to him, “If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!”Prov 21:19 11But he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, except those to whom celibacy ▼▼Lit. it
has been granted.1Cor 7:2, 7, 9, 17 12For some men are celibate from birth, ▼▼Lit. from the mother's womb
while others are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”1Cor 7:32, 34 Mark 10:1-12
1Teaching about Divorce Matthew 19:1-12Then Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
left that place and went into the territory of Judea on the other side ▼▼I.e. the east side
of the Jordan. Crowds gathered around him as usual, and he began to teach them again as was his custom.Matt 19:1; John 10:40; 11:7 2Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”Matt 19:3 3He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her.” ▼▼Deut 24:1, 3
Deut 24:1; Matt 5:31; 19:7 5But Jesus said to them, “It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you. 6But from the beginning of creation, ‘God ▼▼Other mss. read He
made them male and female.’ ▼▼Gen 1:27; 5:2
Gen 1:27; 5:2 7‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,Gen 2:24; 1Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31 8and the two will become one flesh.’ ▼▼Gen 2:24
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate.” 10Back in the house, the disciples asked him about this again. 11So he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.Matt 5:32; 19:9; Luke 16:18; Rom 7:3; 1Cor 7:10-11 12And if a woman ▼▼Lit. she
divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.” Luke 16:18
18Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”Matt 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11; 1Cor 7:10-11
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