Matthew 19:1-12 - On Divorce

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, he removed from Galilee and came into the bounds of Judaea beyond the Jordan. ² And there followed him large multitudes, and he cured them there. ³ And there came unto him Pharisees, testing him, and saying, - Whether is it allowed a man to divorce his wife, for every cause?

⁴ And, he, answering, said - Did ye never read - He who created at the beginning, Male and female, made them, - ⁵ and said - For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and be united to his wife, - and, the two, will become, one flesh;

⁶ So that, the longer, are they, two, but, one flesh, What, therefore, God, hath yoked together, Let not, a man, put asunder.

⁷ They say unto him - Why then did, Moses, command, to give a writing of repudiation and to divorce?

⁸ He saith unto them - Moses, in view of your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives; From the beginning however, hath it not been done, thus. ⁹ And I say unto you - Whosoever shall divorce his wife, saving for unfaithfulness, and shall marry another, committeth adultery.

¹⁰ The disciples say unto him - If, so, is the cause of the husband with the wife, it is not expedient to marry.

¹¹ But, he, said unto them - Not all, find room for he word, save they to whom it hath been given; ¹² For there, are, eunuchs, who, from their mother's womb, were born so, and there, are, eunuchs, who were made eunuchs, by men, - and there, are, eunuchs, who have made, themselves, eunuchs, for the sake the kingdom of the heavens: He that is able to find room, let him find room.

¹ And, from thence, arising, he cometh into the bounds of Judaea and beyond the Jordan, - and there come together again, multitudes unto him, and, as he had been wont, again, was he teaching them. ² And Pharisees coming near were questioning him - whether it is allowed a husband to divorce a wife, testing him.

³ But, he, answering, said unto them - What unto you did, Moses, command?

⁴ And, they, said - Moses permitted, to write, a roll of dismissal, and to divorce.

⁵ But, Jesus, said unto them - In view of your hardness of heart, wrote he for you this commandment; ⁶ But, from the beginning of creation, male and female, made he them;

⁷ For this cause, shall a man leave behind his father and mother, ⁸ and, the two, shall become, one flesh; so that, no longer, are they two, but, one flesh. ⁹ What then, God, hath yoked together, let, a man, not put asunder.

¹⁰ And, coming into the house again, the disciples, concerning this, were questioning him; ¹¹ and he saith unto them - Whosoever shall divorce his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her; ¹² And, if, she, divorcing her husband, marry another, she committeth adultery.

¹⁸ Every one divorcing his wife and marrying another, committeth adultery; and, he that marrieth a woman divorced from a husband, committeth adultery.