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Teaching about Divorce
“It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.’
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But now I tell you: if a man divorces his wife for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, then he is guilty of making her commit adultery if she marries again; and the man who marries her commits adultery also.
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Jesus Teaches about Divorce
When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan River.
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Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, “Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?”
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The Pharisees asked him, “Why, then, did Moses give the law for a man to hand his wife a divorce notice and send her away?”
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Jesus answered, “Moses gave you permission to divorce your wives because you are so hard to teach. But it was not like that at the time of creation.
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I tell you, then, that any man who divorces his wife for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, commits adultery if he marries some other woman.”
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Jesus Teaches about Divorce
Then Jesus left that place, went to the province of Judea, and crossed the Jordan River. Crowds came flocking to him again, and he taught them, as he always did.
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Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. “Tell us,” they asked, “does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?”
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Their answer was, “Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away.”
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He said to them, “A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife.
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In the same way, a woman who divorces her husband and marries another man commits adultery.”
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“Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery; and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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but if she does, she must remain single or else be reconciled to her husband; and a husband must not divorce his wife.
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To the others I say (I, myself, not the Lord): if a Christian man has a wife who is an unbeliever and she agrees to go on living with him, he must not divorce her.
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And if a Christian woman is married to a man who is an unbeliever and he agrees to go on living with her, she must not divorce him.
