{"id":9658,"date":"2024-08-26T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9658"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:29:01","slug":"divorce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9658","title":{"rendered":"Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Matthew Chapter 5: 31-32<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>31&nbsp;<\/sup><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f80404\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cIt has been said, \u2018Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>32&nbsp;<\/sup>But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Matthew Chapter 19: 3 &#8211; 12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, \u201cIs it lawful for a man to divorce his wife&nbsp;for any and every reason?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHaven\u2019t you read,\u201d<\/mark>&nbsp;he replied,&nbsp;<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fc0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cthat at the beginning the Creator \u2018made them male and female,\u2019&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>and said, \u2018For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh\u2019?&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cWhy then,\u201d they asked, \u201cdid Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus replied,&nbsp;<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cMoses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>The disciples said to him, \u201cIf this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus replied,&nbsp;<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fc0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cNot everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others\u2014and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Mark, Chapter 10: 2-12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>Some Pharisees&nbsp;came and tested him by asking, \u201cIs it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f80202\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cWhat did Moses command you?\u201d<\/mark>&nbsp;he replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>They said, \u201cMoses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f90000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cIt was because your hearts were hard&nbsp;that Moses wrote you this law,\u201d&nbsp;<\/mark>Jesus replied.&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f90101\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cBut at the beginning of creation God \u2018made them male and female.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>\u2018For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>and the two will become one flesh.\u2019  So they are no longer two, but one flesh.&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered,&nbsp;<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0101\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cAnyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Chapter 5: 31-32 31&nbsp;\u201cIt has been said, \u2018Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.\u2019&nbsp;32&nbsp;But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 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