Matthew 19:1-9
Concerning Divorce
1 (A)When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and (B)came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;
2 and (a)large crowds followed Him, and (C)He healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to (b)Jesus, testing Him and asking, “(D)Is it lawful for a man to (c)divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read (E)that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
5 and said, ‘(F)For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and (G)the two shall become one flesh’?
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
7 They *said to Him, “(H)Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
8 He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to (d)divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.
9 And I say to you, (I)whoever (e)divorces his wife, except for (f)immorality, and marries another woman (g)commits adultery(h).”
Footnotes:
a.
Matthew 19:2: ['Lit ', many]
b.
Matthew 19:3: ['Lit ', Him]
c.
Matthew 19:3: ['Or ', send away]
d.
Matthew 19:8: ['Or ', send away]
e.
Matthew 19:9: ['Or ', sends away]
f.
Matthew 19:9: ['Lit ', fornication]
g.
Matthew 19:9: ['Some early mss read ', makes her commit adultery]
h.
Matthew 19:9: ['Some early mss add ', and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery]