19 So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,(A) and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.(B)

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19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[a] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce(A) her quietly.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:19 Or was a righteous man and

I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:9 Other mss add Also whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; Mt 5:32

I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”(A)

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