MATTHEW 19 1-12

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1 - Now when Jesus had finished his sayings, he went on from Galilee to the region of Judea which is beyond the Jordan. 2 And large crowds followed him there, and he healed them.

     3 And {of course} some from the party of the Pharisees came to test him, saying, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any reason?” 4 He answered, “Have you read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one’? 6 So they are no longer two but one. What therefore God has joined together, man should not separate.” 7 They said to him, “Why then did Moses say to give a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8 He answered, “Because of the hardness of your hearts, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it wasn’t so. 9 And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, unless for infidelity, and marries another, commits adultery himself.”

     10 And the disciples asked him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it’s better not to marry!” 11 But he said, “Not everyone can live that way, but only those to whom it’s given. 12 For there are eunuchs who are so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have chosen to be eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive it receive it.” {An option, neither way is a requirement.}

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Tomorrows verses - Matthew 19:13-30

My own studies. Verses paraphrased.