dby - Matthew:19:1-12

dby@Matthew:19:1 @ And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

dby@Matthew:19:2 @ and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

dby@Matthew:19:3 @ And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

dby@Matthew:19:4 @ But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,

dby@Matthew:19:5 @ and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

dby@Matthew:19:6 @ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

dby@Matthew:19:7 @ They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away?

dby@Matthew:19:8 @ He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.

dby@Matthew:19:9 @ But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.

dby@Matthew:19:10 @ His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

dby@Matthew:19:11 @ And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

dby@Matthew:19:12 @ for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from [their] mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].