Teaching on Divorce
Pharisees test Jesus about divorce. He appeals to creation: "What God has joined together, let no one separate." Matthew includes the exception clause for sexual immorality.
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Matthew 19:9 includes the "except for sexual immorality" clause absent from Mark, a significant difference debated in both scholarship and church tradition.
Includes the exception clause ("except for sexual immorality") and a saying about eunuchs for the kingdom, unique to this Gospel.
No exception clause; presents the prohibition of divorce as absolute. Adds that the wife can also divorce the husband, reflecting Roman (not Jewish) legal customs.
The journey toward Jerusalem, the Perean ministry, later Judean visits, and the raising of Lazarus.
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