Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to Him, “If that's the situation of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry!”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
In Context
11So He said to them: “Not all can assimilate this word, but those to whom it has been given.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:8Yes I say to the unmarried and the widows: it is good for them if they should remain even as I;
1 Corinthians 7:32Now I want you to be without anxiety. He who is unmarried cares about the things of the Lord: how he will please the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:3who forbid to marry and to eat foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and really know the truth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13
The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →