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Marriage and Divorce

1 Now it came to pass, awhen Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.  
2 aAnd great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.  
3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who1 made them at the beginning a‘made them male and female,’  
5 and said, a‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and bthe two shall become one flesh’?  
6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
7 They said to Him, a“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”  
8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the ahardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your bwives, but from the beginning it was not so.  
9 aAnd I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for1 sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”  
10 His disciples said to Him, a“If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”  

Jesus Teaches on Celibacy

11 But He said to them, a“All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given:  
12 For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and athere are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.”  

Jesus Blesses Little Children

13 aThen little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.  
14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for aof such is the kingdom of heaven.”  
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Matthew 19:3

Matthew 19:3 Pharisees also came. As usual, ready to oppose. Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? Hillel, the greatest of the Jewish Rabbis whom Jews have sought to compare with Christ, taught that almost any ground of displeasure on the part of a husband would justify divorce. He even specifies scorching the bread as sufficient cause. Josephus, the historian, says he "divorced his wife because he was not pleased with her manners".




Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 19:3:

Matthew 5:31-32
Matthew 19:3
Mark 10:2-11

 

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