Matthew:19:1-12

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* When Jesus had finished these discourses , He removed from Galilee and came into that part of Judaea which lay beyond the Jordan . * And a vast multitude followed him , and He cured them there . * Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question , »Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses ?« * »Have you not read ,« He replied , »that He who made them from the beginning wmth @Matthew:19:5 " /> * Thus they are no longer two , but `one '! What therefore God has joined together , let not man separate .« * »Why then ,« said they , »did Moses command the husband to give her `a written notice of divorce ,' and so put her away ?« * »Moses ,« He replied , »in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives , but it has not been so from the beginning . * And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness , and marries another woman , commits adultery .« * »If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife ,« said the disciples to Him , »it is better not to marry .« * »It is not every man ,« He replied , »who can receive this teaching , but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed . * There are men who from their birth have been disabled from marriage , others who have been so disabled by men , and others who have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens . He who is able to receive this , let him receive it .«

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