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1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went
to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him,
and he cured them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?" 4 He answered, "Have you
not read that the one who made them at the beginning "made them male and
female,' 5 and said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined
together, let no one separate." 7 They said to him, "Why then did Moses
command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?" 8 He
said to them, "It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed
you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And
I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries
another commits adultery."F140 10 His disciples said to him,
"If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry."
11 But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only
those to whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who have been so from
birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and
there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the
kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."
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1 He left that place and went to the region of Judea andF88 beyond
the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his custom,
he again taught them. 2 Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked,
"Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 3 He answered them, "What
did Moses command you?" 4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate
of dismissal and to divorce her." 5 But Jesus said to them, "Because of
your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. 6 But from the
beginning of creation, "God made them male and female.' 7 "For this reason
a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,F89
8 and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one
flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
10 Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11
He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits
adultery against her; 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another,
she commits adultery."
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18 "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. | |
| FOOTNOTES:
F140: Other ancient authorities read [except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery]; others add at the end of the verse [and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery] |
FOOTNOTES:
F88: Other ancient authorities lack [and] F89: Other ancient authorities lack [and be joined to his wife] |
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