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Matthew 19:8-10
New Testament for Everyone
Matthew 19:8-10
New Testament for Everyone
8 “Moses gave you this instruction about how to divorce your wives,” replied Jesus, “because your hearts were hard. But that’s not how it was at the beginning. 9 Let me tell you this: anyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
Marriage, celibacy and children
10 The disciples said to Jesus, “If that’s the situation of a man with his wife, it would be better not to marry!”
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Matthew 19:8-10
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Matthew 19:8-10
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8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”(A)
10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
Matthew 19:8-10
New King James Version
Matthew 19:8-10
New King James Version
8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the (A)hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your (B)wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 (C)And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for [a]sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”
10 His disciples said to Him, (D)“If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”
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- Matthew 19:9 Or fornication
Matthew 19:8-10
King James Version
Matthew 19:8-10
King James Version
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
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