Matthew 19:1-12 - On Divorce

Matthew 19:1-12

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished those sayings, he got him from Galilee, and came in to the coasts of Jewry beyond Jordan; 2 and much people followed him, and he healed them there. 3 Then came unto him the Pharisees to tempt him, and said to him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for all manner of causes?"

4 He answered, and said unto them, "Have ye not read, how that he which made man at the beginning, made them man and woman? 5 and said, 'For this thing, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh.'

6 Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder, that which God hath coupled together."

7 Then said they to him, "Why did Moses command to give unto her a testimonial of divorcement, and to put her away?"

8 He said unto them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: But from the beginning it was not so. 9 I say therefore unto you, whosoever putteth away his wife, except it be for fornication, and marrieth another, breaketh wedlock. And whosoever marrieth her which is divorced, doth commit adultery."

10 Then said his disciples to him, "If the matter be so between man and wife, then is it not good to marry."

11 He said unto them, "All men cannot away with that saying, save they to whom it is given. 12 There are chaste, which were so born out of their mother's belly. And there are chaste, which be made chaste of men. And there be chaste, which have made themselves chaste for the kingdom of heavens' sake. He that can take it, let him take it."

Mark 10:1-12

1 And he rose from thence, and went into the coasts of Jewry, through the region that is beyond Jordan. And the people resorted unto him afresh: And as he was wont he taught them again. 2 And the Pharisees came and asked him a question, whether it were lawful for a man to put away his wife, to prove him.

3 And he answered and said unto them, "What did Moses bid you do?"

4 And they said, "Moses suffered to write a testimonial of her divorcement, and to put her away."

5 And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "For the hardness of your hearts he wrote this precept unto you. 6 But at the first creation, God made them man and woman, saying,

7 'And for this thing's sake shall man leave his father and mother, and bide by his wife, 8 and they twain shall be made one flesh.' So then are they now not twain, but one flesh. 9 Therefore, what God hath coupled, let not man separate."

10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of that matter. 11 And he said unto them, "Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, breaketh wedlock to her-ward. 12 And if a woman forsake her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery."

Luke 16:18-18

18 Whosoever forsaketh his wife, and marrieth another, breaketh matrimony. And every man which marrieth her that is divorced from her husband committeth adultery also.


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