Matthew 19:1–3; Mark 10:3–4; Matthew 19:4–8; Mark 10:10; Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:12; Matthew 19:10–12

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Matthew 19:1–3

Teaching About Divorce

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from nGalilee and oentered pthe region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And qlarge crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

And Pharisees came up to him and rtested him by asking, sIs it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?


Mark 10:3–4

He answered them, What did Moses command you? They said, dMoses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.


Matthew 19:4–8

He answered, tHave you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, uTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and vthe two shall become one flesh? So they are no longer two but one flesh. wWhat therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. They said to him, xWhy then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away? He said to them, Because of your yhardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.


Mark 10:10

10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.


Matthew 19:9

zAnd I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.1


Mark 10:12

12 and lif she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.


Matthew 19:10–12

10 The disciples said to him, If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry. 11 But he said to them, aNot everyone can receive this saying, but only bthose to cwhom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs dfor the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.