Verse 3
Matthew 19:3
World English Bible
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Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Original Language Text
greek
Καὶ προσῆλθον ⸀αὐτῷ Φαρισαῖοι πειράζοντες αὐτὸν καὶ ⸀λέγοντες· Εἰ ἔξεστιν ⸀ἀνθρώπῳ ἀπολῦσαι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ κατὰ πᾶσαν αἰτίαν;
English Translation
And the Pharisees approached him, testing him and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
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Chapter 19 Context
1
When Yashua (Jesus) had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of...
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2
Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
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3
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any...
4
He answered,
“Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;...
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6
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God (Elohim) has joined together, don’t...
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7
They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”
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8
He said to them,
“Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives,...
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9
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commi...
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10
His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to mar...
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11
But he said to them,
“Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
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12
For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who we...
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13
Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the dis...
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14
But Yashua (Jesus) said,
“Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Ki...
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15
He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
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16
Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal...
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17
He said to him,
“Why do you call me good?
No one is good but one, that is, God (Elohim). But if you...
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18
He said to him, “Which ones?”
Yashua (Jesus) said,
“‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit ad...
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19
‘Honor your father and your mother.’
And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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20
The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”
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21
Yashua (Jesus) said to him,
“If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor...
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22
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions....
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23
Yashua (Jesus) said to his disciples,
“Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the K...
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24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to ent...
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25
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
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26
Looking at them, Yashua (Jesus) said,
“With men this is impossible, but with God (Elohim) all things...
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27
Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?”
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28
Yashua (Jesus) said to them,
“Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regene...
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29
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,...
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30
But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
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