Matthew 19:1–12 · BSB
19:1
When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
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Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
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19:3
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
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Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
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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’?
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So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
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“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
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“Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.
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For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
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