Catholic Public Domain Version

Matthew 19:6-11 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

6. And so, now they are not two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate."

7. They said to him, "Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?"

8. He said to them: "Although Moses permitted you to separate from your wives, due to the hardness of your heart, it was not that way from the beginning.

9. And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery."

10. His disciples said to him, "If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry."

11. And he said to them: "Not everyone is able to grasp this word, but only those to whom it has been given.