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Discussion about Divorce and Marriage

19 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River. Large crowds followed him there, and he healed their sick.

Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

“Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’[a] And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’[b] Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

“Then why did Moses say in the law that a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?”[c] they asked.

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended. And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:4 Gen 1:27; 5:2.
  2. 19:5 Gen 2:24.
  3. 19:7 See Deut 24:1.
  4. 19:9 Some manuscripts add And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. Compare Matt 5:32.

Discusión acerca del divorcio y del matrimonio

19 Cuando Jesús terminó de decir esas cosas, salió de Galilea y descendió a la región de Judea, al oriente del río Jordán. Grandes multitudes lo siguieron, y él sanó a los enfermos.

Unos fariseos se acercaron y trataron de tenderle una trampa con la siguiente pregunta:

—¿Se permite que un hombre se divorcie de su esposa por cualquier motivo?

Jesús respondió:

—¿No han leído las Escrituras? Allí está escrito que, desde el principio, “Dios los hizo hombre y mujer”[a] . —Y agregó—: “Esto explica por qué el hombre deja a su padre y a su madre, y se une a su esposa, y los dos se convierten en uno solo”[b]. Como ya no son dos sino uno, que nadie separe lo que Dios ha unido.

—Entonces—preguntaron—, ¿por qué dice Moisés en la ley que un hombre podría darle a su esposa un aviso de divorcio por escrito y despedirla?[c]

Jesús contestó:

—Moisés permitió el divorcio solo como una concesión ante la dureza del corazón de ustedes, pero no fue la intención original de Dios. Y les digo lo siguiente: el que se divorcia de su esposa y se casa con otra comete adulterio, a menos que la esposa le haya sido infiel.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:4 Gn 1:27; 5:2.
  2. 19:5 Gn 2:24.
  3. 19:7 Ver Dt 24:1.
  4. 19:9 Algunos manuscritos agregan Y el que se casa con una mujer divorciada comete adulterio. Comparar Mt 5:32.