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Matthew 19:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 19:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
The Pharisees Test Jesus With a Question About Divorce. Divorce Is Not God’s Will
3 And Pharisees came to Him— testing Him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man[a] to send-away[b] his wife for any reason[c]?” 4 And the One, having responded, said, “Did you not read [in Gen 1:27] that the One having created from the beginning[d] ‘made them male and female’? 5 And He said [in Gen 2:24], ‘For this reason[e] a man will leave-behind his father and his mother and will be joined[f] to his wife. And the two will be one flesh’.
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- Matthew 19:3 This question is asked from the Jewish husband’s perspective. Jesus refutes the Jewish man’s commonly held view of divorce.
- Matthew 19:3 That is, divorce.
- Matthew 19:3 Or, for all grounds, for every cause. That is, for any fault the husband might find with her.
- Matthew 19:4 That is, created, made them from the beginning. Or, created them at the beginning, made them.
- Matthew 19:5 That is, because God made them to be a complementary pair. This is God’s intent.
- Matthew 19:5 Or, join-himself.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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