The disciples say unto him (λεγουσιν αυτω ο μαθητα). "Christ's doctrine on marriage not only separated Him τοτο χαελο from Pharisa…

His disciples say, etc. The disciples were full of Jewish notions. They thought that the privilege of divorcing a wife when there was a qu…

If the case of the man — These words seem to indicate that the more lenient view of the school of Hillel was the popular one, even…

They had come to look upon the ease of slipping the marriage-knot as a sort of relief, and on marriage itself, without the possibility of escaping …

St. Jerome: A wife is a grievous burden if one is not permitted to divorce her except for the cause of fornication. For what …

The disciples were puzzled by Jesus’ response (v.10) though they were not astonished (cf. v.25). Jesus, though not forbidding all divorce and remar…

His disciples say to him. As if it were a hard condition for husbands to be so bound to their wives that, as long as they remain chaste, t…

His disciples say to him
Being surprised at this account of things, it being quite contrary to what they had been ta…

The Pharisees were eager to draw something from Jesus that they could portray as contrary to the law of Moses. Cases about marriage have been numer…

In this pa age, it was shown how one comes to eternal life by the common way. Here, He teaches how one comes by the way of perfection. This way of …