Matthew 19:
3 - 12
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And Pharisees came up to him and tested him
by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" |
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He answered, "Have you not read that he who
made them from the beginning made them male and female, |
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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'? |
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So they are no longer two but one flesh.
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
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| 7 |
They said to him, "Why then did Moses
command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"
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| 8 |
He said to them, "For your hardness of heart
Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
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And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife,
except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery." |
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The disciples said to him, "If such is the
case of a man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry." |
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But he said to them, "Not all men can
receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given. |
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For there are eunuchs who have been so from
birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are
eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.
He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."
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