2. Marriage Divorce Remarriage
Matthew 19:3-9

3. Matthew 19:3
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4. Matthew 19:3
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

5. Matthew 19:3 This exchange deals with: Putting away (divorce)
Implies marriage
For every cause?

6. What about the question in Matthew 19:3?
Is it lawful for any cause? The answer of Jesus was:
“No”

7. Matthew 19:3 Question KJV “for every cause” ASV “for every cause”
NKJV “for just any reason”
NASB “for any reason at all”
NIV “for any and every reason”
ESV “for any cause”

8. The Answer of Jesus Matthew 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery

9. The Answer of Jesus Matthew 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery

10. Where Is The Re-marriage?
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery

11. Exception Allows Re-marriage
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery

12. Matthew 19:9 Exception KJV “fornication” ASV “fornication”
NKJV “sexual immorality”
ESV “sexual immorality”
NASB “immorality”
NIV “marital unfaithfulness”

13. Definition of Fornication (Webster)
Sexual intercourse between two persons other than a man and his wife : sexual intercourse between a spouse and an unmarried person

14. Definition of Fornication (Thayer)
PORNEIA Illicit sexual intercourse: from
1 Cor. 6:12ff, we learn how leniently
converts among the heathen regarded this
vice and how lightly they indulged in it

15. Definition of Fornication (Arndt & Gingrich)
PORNEIA prostitution, unchastity, fornication, of every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse

16. Usage In New Testament
It is a sin (1 Cor. 6:9-11, 18; 2 Cor. 12:21; Gal. 5:19-21)
Transgression of law (1 Jn. 3:4)
New Testament reveals as:
Homosexuality (Jude 7)
Adultery (Matt. 19:9)
Pre-marital sex (1 Cor. 7:1-2)
Incest (1 Cor. 5:1-2)

17. What about…….? I’m not happy Mate is a slob Won’t provide Is abusive
I don’t love him/her anymore
In the way
Can’t get along
Go home to Mama
Change in appearance
Immature
Hasn’t grown with me
Has different interests
Selfish

18. Jesus said, “except it be for fornication” What about…….?
I’m not happy
Mate is a slob
Won’t provide
Is abusive
I don’t love him/her anymore
In the way
Can’t get along
Go home to Mama
Change in appearance
Immature
Hasn’t grown with me
Has different interests
Selfish

19. The Application Of Matt. 19:9
The exception (fornication) only allows divorce and re-marriage for the innocent
Divorce w/o exception is not approved
Re-marriage w/o exception is not approved

20. Matthew 19:12
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it

21. Matthew 19:12
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it