Jesus undervisar om äktenskapet

19 (A) När Jesus hade avslutat detta tal, lämnade han Galileen och gick på andra sidan Jordan till Judeens område[a]. Mycket folk följde honom, och han botade dem där.

Några fariseer kom fram till honom för att pröva honom och sade: "Får man skilja sig från sin hustru av vilken orsak som helst[b]?" Han svarade: "Har ni inte läst att Skaparen från början gjorde dem till man och kvinna[c] (B) och sade: Därför ska en man lämna sin far och mor och hålla sig till sin hustru, och de två ska bli ett kött?[d] (C) Så är de inte längre två utan ett kött. Vad Gud har fogat samman får alltså människan inte skilja åt."

(D) De frågade honom:[e] "Varför har då Mose befallt att mannen ska ge henne ett skilsmässobrev och skicka bort henne?" Han svarade: "Det var för att era hjärtan är så hårda som Mose tillät er att skiljas från era hustrur. Men från början var det inte så. (E) Jag säger er: Den som skiljer sig från sin hustru av annat skäl än sexuell synd och gifter sig med en annan, han begår äktenskapsbrott."

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Footnotes

  1. 19:1 på andra sidan Jordan till Judeens område   Den vanligaste vägen till Jerusalem gick genom Jordandalen. Annan översättning: "till Judeens område på andra sidan Jordan".
  2. 19:3 skilja sig från sin hustru av vilken orsak som helst   En aktuell debattfråga på Jesu tid: det strängare Shammaipartiet godtog endast äktenskapsbrott som giltig orsak (jfr 5 Mos 24:1, Matt 5:32, 19:9), medan det mer tillåtande Hillelpartiet accepterade "vilken orsak som helst".
  3. 19:4 gjorde dem till man och kvinna   Se 1 Mos 1:27.
  4. 19:5 1 Mos 2:24.
  5. 19:7 5 Mos 24:1f . Skilsmässobrevet gav kvinnan rätt att gifta om sig efter skilsmässan (5 Mos 24:1f).

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)

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  1. Matthew 19:4 Gen. 1:27
  2. Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24

19 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

He saith 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.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

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Marriage and Divorce(A)

19 Now it came to pass, (B)when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. (C)And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who [a]made them at the beginning (D)‘made them male and female,’ and said, (E)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and (F)the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

They said to Him, (G)“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

He said to them, “Moses, because of the (H)hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your (I)wives, but from the beginning it was not so. (J)And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for [b]sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

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  1. Matthew 19:4 NU created
  2. Matthew 19:9 Or fornication