(142) Jesus Teaches About Divorce
Matthew 19:1-12, Mark 10:1-12
[A]And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished saying these things, He arose and left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Great multitudes followed and gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He healed them there and taught them again.
[B]The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and asking Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
[C]“What did Moses command you?” He replied.
[D]“Moses,” they said, “permitted us to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
[E]“For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept,” Jesus told them. [F]“Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning [G]of the creation of God ‘made them male and female,’[1] [H]and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.’[2] So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
[I]At this, they said to Him, “Then why did Moses say that a man can give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
[J]“Because of the hardness of your heart,” He told them again. “Moses permitted you to divorce you wives, but it was not this way from the beginning.”
[K]When they were in the house, the disciples asked Him again about this matter. [L]And He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another commits adultery against her; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery. [M]And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
[N]His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
[O]But He said to them, “Not everyone can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given. [P]For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”
(142) Jesus Teaches About Divorce
Matthew 19:1-12, KJV
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; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. 3 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? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 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? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 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. 9 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. 10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
(142) Jesus Teaches About Divorce
Mark 10:1-12, KJV
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
(1) Gen. 1:27 (2) Gen. 2:24
[A] Mt 19:1-2, Mk 10:1 [B] Mt 19:3, Mk 10:2 [C] Mk 10:3 [D] Mk 10:4 [E] Mk 10:5 [F] Mt 19:4, [G] Mk 10:6 [H] Mt 19:5-6, Mk 10:7-9 [I] Mt 19:7 [J] Mt 19:8 [K] Mk 10:10 [L] Mt 19:9, Mk 10:11 [M] Mk 10:12 [N] Mt 19:10 [O] Mt 19:11 [P] Mt 19:12