Matthew 19:1-8

Legacy Standard Bible

Teaching About Divorce

19 ^[a](A)Now it happened that when Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and ^(B)came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; ² and ^[b]large crowds followed Him, and ^(C)He healed them there.

³ And some Pharisees came to ^[c]Jesus, testing Him and saying, “^(D)Is it lawful for a man to ^[d]divorce his wife for any reason at all?” ⁴ And He answered and said, “Have you not read ^(E)that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, ⁵ and said, ‘^(F)For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and ^(G)the two shall become one flesh’? ⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” ⁷ They *said to Him, “^(H)Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” ⁸ He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to ^[e]divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.