“Jesus Preaching at the Sea of Galilee”
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Compare Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11-12
This is an extraordinarily tough standard. There’s much to be said about it, and a number of questions to be asked and, perhaps, answered.
But, right now, I don’t have the time to do this verse justice.
So — accuse me of cowardice if you like! — I’m not going to try.
Does it leave any possible room for doubt, though, as to how the Lord feels about divorce?
“’I hate divorce,’ says the Lord God of Israel, ‘and the one who is guilty of violence,’ says the Lord who rules over all. ‘Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.’” (Malachi 2:16)
“The most hated thing before God is divorce.” (Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad)
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