mnt - Matthew:19:1-12

mnt@Matthew:19:1 @ It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan.

mnt@Matthew:19:2 @ A great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.

mnt@Matthew:19:3 @ Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

mnt@Matthew:19:4 @ "Have you not read." he answered, "that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said,

mnt@Matthew:19:5 @ "For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh?

mnt@Matthew:19:6 @ "Thus they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."

mnt@Matthew:19:7 @ They answered, "Why then did Moses command the husband to give her a written bill of divorce, and so to put her away?"

mnt@Matthew:19:8 @ "Moses," said Jesus, "permitted you to divorce your wives on account of the hardness of your hearts, but from the beginning it was not so.

mnt@Matthew:19:9 @ "And I tell you that any man who divorces his wife for any cause except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

mnt@Matthew:19:10 @ "If that is the position of a man in relation to his wife," answered the disciples, "it is better not to marry."

mnt@Matthew:19:11 @ He answered them. "Not all are accepting this teaching, but only those to whom it has been granted.

mnt@Matthew:19:12 @ "For there are eunuchs who have been such from birth; others who have been made such by men; and others who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."