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Matthew 19:1-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 19:1-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Question of Divorce
19 When Jesus had finished this instruction,(A) He departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.(B) 2 Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.(C) 3 Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”(D)
4 “Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that He who created[a] them in the beginning made them male and female,”(E)[b] 5 and He also said:
“For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh?(F)[c]
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 19:4 Other mss read made
- Matthew 19:4 Gn 1:27; 5:2
- Matthew 19:5 Gn 2:24
Matthew 19:1-6
New International Version
Matthew 19:1-6
New International Version
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. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them(C) there.
3 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?”
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[a](E) 5 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) 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 19:4 Gen. 1:27
- Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24
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