Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 19, 3-12

GOSPEL 

“It was because of the hardness of your heart that Moses allowed you to send your wives away. But in the beginning it was not so ” 

Alleluia. Alleluia.

Accept the word of God:

for what it really is:

not the word of men,

but the word of God.

Alleluia. (cf. 1 Thess 2:13) 

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 19, 3-12 

At that time

    the Pharisees came to Jesus to test him;

they asked him:

"Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife

for any reason?" "

    He replied:

" Have you not read this?

From the beginning, the Creator made them male and female?

    and said,

“Because of this, a man will leave his father and mother,

he will be attached to his wife,

and they will both become one flesh. ”

    So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

So, what God has united,

may not be separated by man! "

    The Pharisees replied:

" Why then did Moses command

delivery of a divorce certificate before repudiation? "

    Jesus answered:

" It is because of your hardness of heart

Moses allowed you to send your wives.

But in the beginning it was not so.

    But I tell you:

if someone sends his wife away

- except in the case of an illegitimate union -

and he marries another,

he is adultery. "

    His disciples say to him:

" If such is the situation of a man

in relation to his wife, it is

better not to marry. "

    He answered them,

" All can not receive this word,

but only those to whom it is given.

    There are people who do not marry

because, from birth, they are incapable of doing so;

there are some who cannot get married

because they have been mutilated by men;

there are those who have chosen not to marry

because of the kingdom of Heaven.

He who can understand, let him understand! " 

            - Let us acclaim the Word of God.