What therefore God hath joined together (ο ουν ο θεος συνεζευξεν). Note "what," not "whom." The marriage relation God has made. "T…

And he answered and said, etc. Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design o…

What therefore God has joined—Strictly interpreted, these words go further than those in Matthew 5:32 and appear to forbi…

In His reply, Jesus challenges their knowledge of the law, “Have you not read?” It was a forceful way of appealing to their own boasted kn…

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord had previously left Judea because of their jealousy, but now He kept more to it, because His pas…

Jesus aligns himself with the prophet Malachi, who quotes the Lord as saying, “I hate divorce” (Malachi 2:16), and also refers to the c…

What God therefore hath joined. By this sentence, Christ restrains the whim of husbands, so that they may not, by divorcing their wives, b…

Wherefore they are no more two
They were two before marriage, but now no more so; not but that they remain two disti…

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 …