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Matthew 19:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” "

Matthew 19:3

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1 When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

3 Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

4 He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

5 and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?

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Matthew 19:1

"When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan."

Matthew 19:2

"Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there."

Matthew 19:4

"He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,"

Matthew 19:5

"and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?"

Matthew 19:6

"So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”"

Matthew 19:7

"They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”"

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