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]

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