Matthew 19:1

 Matthew 19:1 says, And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; Once again, Jesus moved on after teaching the disciples awhile and came to Judaea, beyond Jordan.  Verse two states, And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.  Once again, great multitudes followed Jesus and He healed them.  No matter how many people come to Jesus today by faith and accept Him as their Savior and Lord, He will heal them all.  Verse three says, 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?  Once more the Pharisees came to Jesus with a question, this time about divorce.  They really weren't concerned about divorce, but were once again attempting to get Jesus to say something that they could use against Him.  Verse four declares, And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,  Jesus asked the Pharisees if they had not read the scripture which said that in the beginning God had made people male or female, and He still does today.  It really isn't a choice that a person makes later in life.  Verse five adds, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?  Jesus then said that the man would leave his father and mother when he was grown and marry a woman.  Under God, only a man and a woman may be married, no matter what the world may say.  Verse six continues,  Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.  In marriage, the two become on flesh.  This also is still true today if a man and a woman are married under God's guidance and with a commitment not only to each other, but to committed to each other under God's guidance.  Verse seven asks, They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?  The Pharisees asked Jesus why Moses commanded that a man give a woman a writing of divorcement and put her away.  This was not a command that people should divorce, but a  command to protect the woman, who had very few rights, from just being cast out with nothing any time a man decided that he no longer wanted to be married to the woman.  Verse eight declares, He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.  Jesus said that it was because of the hardiness of their hearts that Moses told them to give a writing of divorcement, and that from the beginning, when God instituted marriage, this was not so.  Marriage between a man and a woman for a lifetime is God's plan and anything other than that is man's plan.  Verse nine adds, 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.  Jesus said that the only reason for divorce in God's plan was fornication, or adultery.  Otherwise, anyone marrying someone who was divorced was guilt of committing adultery.  This has not changed.