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Teaching About Divorce

19 [a](A)Now it happened that when Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and (B)came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; and [b]large crowds followed Him, and (C)He healed them there.

And some Pharisees came to [c]Jesus, testing Him and saying, “(D)Is it lawful for a man to [d]divorce his wife for any reason at all?” And He answered and said, “Have you not read (E)that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 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’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” They *said to Him, “(H)Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to [e]divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. And I say to you, (I)whoever [f]divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman [g]commits adultery[h].”

10 The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.” 11 But He said to them, (J)Not all men can accept this statement, but (K)only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

Jesus Blesses Children

13 (L)Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, [i](M)Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for (N)the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 And after laying His hands on them, He departed from there.

The Rich Young Ruler

16 (O)And behold, someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have (P)eternal life?” 17 And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but (Q)if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 Then he *said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, (R)You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; 19 (S)Honor your father and mother; and (T)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man *said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be [j]complete, go and (U)sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have (V)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” 22 But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

23 And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, (W)it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, (X)it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 And when the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?” 26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, (Y)With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Many Who Are First Will Be Last

27 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?” 28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when (Z)the Son of Man will sit on [k]His glorious throne, (AA)you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And (AB)everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [l]or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive [m]one hundred times as much, and will inherit eternal life. 30 (AC)But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:1 Lit And
  2. Matthew 19:2 Lit many
  3. Matthew 19:3 Lit Him
  4. Matthew 19:3 Or send away
  5. Matthew 19:8 Or send away
  6. Matthew 19:9 Or sends away
  7. Matthew 19:9 Some early mss makes her commit adultery
  8. Matthew 19:9 Some early mss add and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery
  9. Matthew 19:14 Or Permit the children
  10. Matthew 19:21 Or perfect
  11. Matthew 19:28 Lit the throne of His glory
  12. Matthew 19:29 One early ms adds or wife
  13. Matthew 19:29 Some mss many times as much

论休妻

19 耶稣说完这番话,就离开加利利来到约旦河对岸的犹太地区。 有一大群人跟着祂,祂就在那里医好了他们的病。

有几个法利赛人到耶稣那里想试探祂,便问祂:“丈夫可以用任何理由休妻吗?”

耶稣回答说:“你们没有读过吗?太初,造物主造了男人和女人,并且说, ‘因此,人要离开父母,与妻子结合,二人成为一体。’ 这样,夫妻不再是两个人,而是一体了。因此,上帝配合的,人不可分开。”

他们追问:“那么,为什么摩西说,只要给妻子休书,就可以休她呢?”

耶稣说:“因为摩西知道你们铁石心肠,所以才准你们休妻。但起初并不是这样。 我告诉你们,除非是妻子不贞,否则,任何人休妻另娶,就是犯通奸罪[a]。”

10 门徒对耶稣说:“如果夫妻关系是这样,还不如不结婚。”

11 耶稣说:“这话不是每个人都能接受的,只有那些得到这种恩赐的人才能接受。 12 人不结婚的原因很多,有些是因为先天的缺陷,有些是被人阉了,也有些是为了天国而自己放弃结婚的权利。谁能接受,就让他接受吧。”

耶稣为小孩子祝福

13 有人带着小孩子来见耶稣,请求耶稣为他们按手祷告,却受到门徒的责备。

14 耶稣说:“让小孩子到我这里来,不要阻止他们,因为天国属于这样的人。” 15 于是祂为他们按手祷告,然后才离开那里。

有钱的青年

16 有一个人来请教耶稣:“老师,我该做什么善事才能获得永生呢?”

17 耶稣说:“你为什么问我做什么善事?只有上帝是善的,你要得永生,就必须遵守祂的诫命。”

18 那人问:“什么诫命呢?”

耶稣答道:“不可杀人,不可通奸,不可偷盗,不可作伪证, 19 要孝敬父母,并且爱邻如己。”

20 那青年说:“这些我早已遵守了,还缺什么呢?”

21 耶稣告诉他:“如果你想做到纯全,就去变卖所有的产业,送给穷人,你就必有财宝存在天上,然后你来跟从我。” 22 那青年听后,便忧伤地走了,因为他有许多产业。

23 事后,耶稣对门徒说:“我实在告诉你们,有钱人进天国很困难。 24 我再告诉你们,骆驼穿过针眼比有钱人进上帝的国还容易呢!”

25 门徒听了,惊奇地问:“这样,谁能得救呢?”

26 耶稣看着他们说:“对人而言,这不可能;但对上帝而言,凡事都可能。”

27 彼得问道:“你看,我们已经撇下一切来跟从你了,将来会有什么奖赏呢?”

28 耶稣说:“我实在告诉你们,到万物更新、人子坐在祂荣耀的宝座上时,你们这些跟从我的人也要坐在十二个宝座上,审判以色列的十二个支派。 29 无论谁为我的名而撇下房屋、弟兄、姊妹、父母、儿女或田地,都要得到百倍的赏赐,而且承受永生。 30 然而,许多为首的将要殿后,殿后的将要为首。”

Footnotes

  1. 19:9 有古卷在此处有“娶被休女子的人也犯了通奸罪”。

El divorcio(A)

19 Cuando Jesús acabó de decir estas cosas, salió de Galilea y se fue a la región de Judea, al otro lado del Jordán. Lo siguieron grandes multitudes y sanó allí a los enfermos.

Algunos fariseos se acercaron y, para ponerlo a prueba, le preguntaron:

—¿Está permitido que un hombre se divorcie de su esposa por cualquier motivo?

—¿No han leído —respondió Jesús— que en el principio el Creador “los creó hombre y mujer”[a] y dijo: “Por eso dejará el hombre a su padre y a su madre, se unirá a su mujer y los dos llegarán a ser uno solo”?[b] Así que ya no son dos, sino uno solo. Por tanto, lo que Dios ha unido, que no lo separe el hombre.

Ellos replicaron:

—¿Por qué, entonces, mandó Moisés que un hombre diera a su esposa un certificado de divorcio y la despidiera?

—Moisés les permitió a ustedes divorciarse de sus esposas por lo obstinados que son[c] —respondió Jesús—. Pero no fue así desde el principio. Les digo que, excepto en caso de inmoralidad sexual, el que se divorcia de su esposa y se casa con otra, comete adulterio.

10 —Si tal es la situación entre esposo y esposa —comentaron los discípulos—, es mejor no casarse.

11 —No todos pueden comprender este asunto —respondió Jesús—, sino solo aquellos a quienes se les ha concedido entenderlo. 12 Pues algunos son eunucos porque nacieron así; a otros los hicieron así los hombres; y otros se han hecho así por causa del reino de los cielos. El que pueda aceptar esto, que lo acepte.

Jesús y los niños(B)

13 Llevaron unos niños a Jesús para que les impusiera las manos y orara por ellos, pero los discípulos reprendían a quienes los llevaban.

14 Jesús dijo: «Dejen que los niños vengan a mí; no se lo impidan, porque el reino de los cielos es de quienes son como ellos». 15 Después de poner las manos sobre ellos, se fue de allí.

El joven rico(C)

16 Sucedió que un joven se acercó a Jesús y le preguntó:

—Maestro, ¿qué es lo bueno que debo hacer para obtener la vida eterna?

17 —¿Por qué me preguntas sobre lo que es bueno?[d] —respondió Jesús—. Solamente hay uno que es bueno. Si quieres entrar en la vida, obedece los mandamientos.

18 —¿Cuáles? —preguntó el joven.

Contestó Jesús:

—“No mates, no cometas adulterio, no robes, no presentes falso testimonio, 19 honra a tu padre y a tu madre”[e] y “ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”.[f]

20 —Todos esos los he cumplido[g] —dijo el joven—. ¿Qué más me falta?

21 Jesús respondió:

—Si quieres ser perfecto, anda, vende lo que tienes y dáselo a los pobres, y tendrás tesoro en el cielo. Luego ven y sígueme.

22 Cuando el joven oyó esto, se fue triste porque tenía muchas riquezas.

23 —Les aseguro —comentó Jesús a sus discípulos— que es difícil para un rico entrar en el reino de los cielos. 24 De hecho, le resulta más fácil a un camello pasar por el ojo de una aguja que a un rico entrar en el reino de Dios.

25 Al oír esto, los discípulos quedaron asombrados y decían:

—En ese caso, ¿quién podrá salvarse?

26 —Para los hombres es imposible —aclaró Jesús, mirándolos fijamente—, mas para Dios todo es posible.

27 —¡Mira, nosotros lo hemos dejado todo por seguirte! —le dijo Pedro—. ¿Y qué ganamos con eso?

28 —Les aseguro —respondió Jesús— que en la renovación de todas las cosas, cuando el Hijo del hombre se siente en su trono glorioso, ustedes que me han seguido se sentarán también en doce tronos para juzgar a las doce tribus de Israel. 29 Y todo el que por mi causa haya dejado casas, hermanos, hermanas, padre, madre,[h] hijos o terrenos recibirá cien veces más y heredará la vida eterna. 30 Pero muchos de los primeros serán últimos y los últimos serán primeros.

Footnotes

  1. 19:4 Gn 1:27.
  2. 19:5 Gn 2:24.
  3. 19:8 por lo obstinados que son. Lit. por su dureza de corazón.
  4. 19:17 ¿Por qué … bueno? Var. ¿Por qué me llamas bueno?
  5. 19:19 Éx 20:12-16; Dt 5:16-20.
  6. 19:19 Lv 19:18.
  7. 19:20 cumplido. Var. cumplido desde mi juventud.
  8. 19:29 madre. Var. madre, esposa.

Acerca do divórcio(A)

19 E aconteceu que, concluindo Jesus esses discursos, saiu da Galileia e dirigiu-se aos confins da Judeia, além do Jordão. E seguiram-no muitas gentes e curou-as ali.

Então, chegaram ao pé dele os fariseus, tentando-o e dizendo-lhe: É lícito ao homem repudiar sua mulher por qualquer motivo? Ele, porém, respondendo, disse-lhes: Não tendes lido que, no princípio, o Criador os fez macho e fêmea e disse: Portanto, deixará o homem pai e mãe e se unirá à sua mulher, e serão dois numa só carne? Assim não são mais dois, mas uma só carne. Portanto, o que Deus ajuntou não separe o homem. Disseram-lhe eles: Então, por que mandou Moisés dar-lhe carta de divórcio e repudiá-la? Disse-lhes ele: Moisés, por causa da dureza do vosso coração, vos permitiu repudiar vossa mulher; mas, ao princípio, não foi assim. Eu vos digo, porém, que qualquer que repudiar sua mulher, não sendo por causa de prostituição, e casar com outra, comete adultério; e o que casar com a repudiada também comete adultério. 10 Disseram-lhe seus discípulos: Se assim é a condição do homem relativamente à mulher, não convém casar. 11 Ele, porém, lhes disse: Nem todos podem receber esta palavra, mas só aqueles a quem foi concedido. 12 Porque há eunucos que assim nasceram do ventre da mãe; e há eunucos que foram castrados pelos homens; e há eunucos que se castraram a si mesmos por causa do Reino dos céus. Quem pode receber isso, que o receba.

Jesus abençoa as crianças(B)

13 Trouxeram-lhe, então, algumas crianças, para que lhes impusesse as mãos e orasse; mas os discípulos os repreendiam. 14 Jesus, porém, disse: Deixai os pequeninos e não os estorveis de vir a mim, porque dos tais é o Reino dos céus. 15 E, tendo-lhes imposto as mãos, partiu dali.

O jovem rico(C)

16 E eis que, aproximando-se dele um jovem, disse-lhe: Bom Mestre, que bem farei, para conseguir a vida eterna? 17 E ele disse-lhe: Por que me chamas bom? Não bom, senão um só que é Deus. Se queres, porém, entrar na vida, guarda os mandamentos. 18 Disse-lhe ele: Quais? E Jesus disse: Não matarás, não cometerás adultério, não furtarás, não dirás falso testemunho; 19 honra teu pai e tua mãe, e amarás o teu próximo como a ti mesmo. 20 Disse-lhe o jovem: Tudo isso tenho guardado desde a minha mocidade; que me falta ainda? 21 Disse-lhe Jesus: Se queres ser perfeito, vai, vende tudo o que tens, dá-o aos pobres e terás um tesouro no céu; e vem e segue-me. 22 E o jovem, ouvindo essa palavra, retirou-se triste, porque possuía muitas propriedades.

23 Disse, então, Jesus aos seus discípulos: Em verdade vos digo que é difícil entrar um rico no Reino dos céus. 24 E outra vez vos digo que é mais fácil passar um camelo pelo fundo de uma agulha do que entrar um rico no Reino de Deus. 25 Os seus discípulos, ouvindo isso, admiraram-se muito, dizendo: Quem poderá, pois, salvar-se? 26 E Jesus, olhando para eles, disse-lhes: Aos homens é isso impossível, mas a Deus tudo é possível. 27 Então, Pedro, tomando a palavra, disse-lhe: Eis que nós deixamos tudo e te seguimos; que receberemos? 28 E Jesus disse-lhes: Em verdade vos digo que vós, que me seguistes, quando, na regeneração, o Filho do Homem se assentar no trono da sua glória, também vos assentareis sobre doze tronos, para julgar as doze tribos de Israel. 29 E todo aquele que tiver deixado casas, ou irmãos, ou irmãs, ou pai, ou mãe, ou mulher, ou filhos, ou terras, por amor do meu nome, receberá cem vezes tanto e herdará a vida eterna. 30 Porém muitos primeiros serão derradeiros, e muitos derradeiros serão primeiros.

Divorce(A)

19 When Jesus had finished saying these things,(B) he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them(C) there.

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife(D) for any and every reason?”

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[a](E) and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[b]?(F) So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”(G)

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”(H)

10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”

11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.(I) 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

The Little Children and Jesus(J)

13 Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them(K) and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.

14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs(L) to such as these.”(M) 15 When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.

The Rich and the Kingdom of God(N)

16 Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life(O)?”(P)

17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”(Q)

18 “Which ones?” he inquired.

Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery,(R) you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother,’[c](S) and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’[d](T)

20 “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”

21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect,(U) go, sell your possessions and give to the poor,(V) and you will have treasure in heaven.(W) Then come, follow me.”

22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich(X) to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”

26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”(Y)

27 Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you!(Z) What then will there be for us?”

28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne,(AA) you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.(AB) 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[e] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(AC) 30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.(AD)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:4 Gen. 1:27
  2. Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24
  3. Matthew 19:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20
  4. Matthew 19:19 Lev. 19:18
  5. Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.