Matthew 19:10

“If that,” said the disciples, “is the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry.”

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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

9But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of some serious sexual sin, and marries another woman, is guilty of adultery.”

11“It is not everyone,” replied Jesus, “who can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:8My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.

1 Corinthians 7:32I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master’s cause, desiring to please him;

1 Timothy 4:3and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the faith and have attained a full knowledge of 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 →

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