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and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
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But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
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When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
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Divorce
“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
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But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
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Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
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Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
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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’?
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“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
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I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
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And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
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Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
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While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
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For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.
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For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
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Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
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‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
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He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
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“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
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The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.
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But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
