Matthew 19:10

"If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

9And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

11"It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:8But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.

1 Corinthians 7:32And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;

1 Timothy 4:3forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear 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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