Matthew 19

Teaching About Divorce

1 Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from n Galilee and o entered p the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. 2 And q large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

3 And Pharisees came up to him and r tested him by asking, s "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" 4 He answered, t "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, u 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and v the two shall become one flesh'? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. w What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." 7 They said to him, x "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?" 8 He said to them, "Because of your y hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 z And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery." 1

10 The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." 11 But he said to them, a "Not everyone can receive this saying, but only b those to c whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs d for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it."

Let the Children Come to Me

13 e Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples f rebuked the people, 14 but Jesus said, g "Let the little children h come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." 15 And he laid his hands on them and went away.

The Rich Young Man

16 i And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to j have k eternal life?" 17 And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. l If you would enter life, keep the commandments." 18 He said to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, m "You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, 19 Honor your father and mother, and, n You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 20 The young man said to him, o "All these I have kept. What do I still lack?" 21 Jesus said to him, "If you would be p perfect, go, q sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have r treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." 22 s When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

23 And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, t only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 u Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter v the kingdom of God." 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" 26 But Jesus w looked at them and said, x "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." 27 Then Peter said in reply, "See, y we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?" 28 Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, 2 z when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me a will also sit on twelve thrones, b judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 c And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold 3 and will d inherit eternal life. 30 But e many who are f first will be last, and the last first.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 17:24
    When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 19:1 - 9
    Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
    Mark 10:1 - 12
    And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 9:51
    When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
    Luke 17:11
    On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
    John 10:40
    He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
    Matthew 4:25
    And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 19:1 - 9
    Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
    Mark 10:1 - 12
    And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 12:15
    Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all
  6. Cross References
    John 8:6
    This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 5:31
    "It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 1:27
    So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
    Genesis 2:18
    Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.
    Genesis 2:21 - 23
    So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
    Genesis 5:2
    Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.
    Matthew 21:16
    And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
  9. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:31
    "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
    Genesis 2:24
    Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  10. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:16
    Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh.
    Malachi 2:15
    Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 2:24
    Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  12. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:10
    To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:1 - 4
    When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house.
  14. Cross References
    Mark 16:14
    Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
    Mark 3:5
    And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
    Mark 6:52
    For they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
    Hebrews 3:8
    Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness.
  15. Cross References
    Matthew 5:32
    But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  16. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:2
    But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
    1 Corinthians 7:7 - 9
    I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
    1 Corinthians 7:17
    Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
  17. Cross References
    Matthew 20:23
    He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.
  18. Cross References
    Matthew 13:11
    And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
  19. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:32
    I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
  20. Cross References
    Matthew 19:13 - 15
    Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people.
    Mark 10:13 - 16
    And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.
    Luke 18:15 - 17
    Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
  21. Cross References
    Mark 10:48
    And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!
  22. Cross References
    Matthew 19:13 - 15
    Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people.
    Mark 10:13 - 16
    And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.
    Luke 18:15 - 17
    Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
  23. Cross References
    Matthew 18:3
    And said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  24. Cross References
    Mark 9:39
    But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.
  25. Cross References
    Matthew 19:16 - 29
    And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?
    Mark 10:17 - 30
    And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
    Luke 18:18 - 30
    And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
    Luke 10:25 - 28
    And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  26. Cross References
    Matthew 19:29
    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
  27. Cross References
    Matthew 25:46
    And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
    Matthew 18:8
    And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
  28. Cross References
    Matthew 19:16 - 30
    And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?
    Mark 10:17 - 31
    And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
    Luke 18:18 - 30
    And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
  29. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:5
    You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rul...
    Nehemiah 9:29
    And you warned them in order to turn them back ...
    Ezekiel 20:11
    I gave them my statutes and made known to them ...
    Ezekiel 20:13
    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in ...
    Ezekiel 20:21
    But the children rebelled against me. They did ...
    Romans 10:5
    For Moses writes about the righteousness that i...
    Galatians 3:12
    But the law is not of faith, rather "The one wh...
  30. Cross References
    Romans 13:9
    For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
    Exodus 20:12 - 16
    Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
    Deuteronomy 5:16 - 20
    'Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
    Matthew 5:21
    "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
    Matthew 5:27
    "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 20:12 - 16
    Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
    Deuteronomy 5:16 - 20
    Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
  32. Cross References
    Matthew 5:43
    "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall lo...
    Matthew 22:39
    And a second is like it: You shall love your ne...
    Mark 12:31
    The second is this: 'You shall love your neighb...
    Luke 10:27
    And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your ...
    Galatians 5:14
    For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "Yo...
    James 2:8
    If you really fulfill the royal law according t...
    Leviticus 19:18
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge a...
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:18
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
  34. Cross References
    Philippians 3:6
    As to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
  35. Cross References
    Matthew 5:48
    You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
  36. Cross References
    Luke 12:33
    Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. P...
    Luke 16:9
    And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by ...
    Luke 19:8
    And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Beho...
    Acts 2:45
    And they were selling their possessions and bel...
    Acts 4:34 - 35
    There was not a needy person among them, for as...
    1 Timothy 6:18 - 19
    They are to do good, to be rich in good works, ...
  37. Cross References
    Matthew 6:19 - 20
    Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:31
    And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
  39. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:26
    For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
    Matthew 13:22
    As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
  40. Cross References
    Mark 10:24
    And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!
  41. Cross References
    Matthew 12:28
    But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  42. Cross References
    Mark 10:21
    And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
    Luke 22:61
    And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.
  43. Cross References
    Genesis 18:14
    Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appo...
    Job 42:2
    I know that you can do all things, and that no ...
    Jeremiah 32:17
    Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heave...
    Jeremiah 32:27
    Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is...
    Zechariah 8:6
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it is marvelous...
    Mark 14:36
    And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are poss...
    Luke 1:37
    For nothing will be impossible with God.
  44. Cross References
    Matthew 4:20
    Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
    Matthew 4:22
    Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
    Mark 1:18
    And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
    Mark 1:20
    And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
  45. Cross References
    Matthew 16:27
    For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
  46. Cross References
    Luke 22:30
    That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
    Revelation 3:21
    The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  47. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:2
    Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
  48. Cross References
    Luke 14:26
    If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
  49. Cross References
    Matthew 19:16
    And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?
    Matthew 25:34
    Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  50. Cross References
    Matthew 20:16
    So the last will be first, and the first last.
    Mark 10:31
    But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
    Luke 13:30
    And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.
  51. Cross References
    Matthew 21:31 - 32
    Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
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