Matthew 19:3-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”(A)
4 “Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that He who created[a] them in the beginning made them male and female,”(B)[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?(C)[c]
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
7 “Why then,” they asked Him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers(D) and to send her away?”
8 He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning. 9 And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”[d](E)
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- Matthew 19:4 Other mss read made
- Matthew 19:4 Gn 1:27; 5:2
- Matthew 19:5 Gn 2:24
- Matthew 19:9 Other mss add Also whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; Mt 5:32
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