January 12, 2014 | Matthew 19:1-9: All the King's Horses: marriage, Divorce & the Gospel

Its a new year and that means we are returning to the life and ministry of Jesus. This year we are picking up, yet again, where we left off last year. Before Resurrection Sunday last year we finished chapter 18 and so this year we begin with Matthew 19:1-9.

When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; ² and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
³ Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” ⁴ And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, ⁵ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? ⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” ⁷ They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” ⁸ He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. ⁹ And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

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January 12, 2014 | Matthew 19:1-9: All the King's Horses: marriage, Divorce & the Gospel


For more:
Matthew 1-18 | The King Has Come: The Gospel According to Matthew Series