Covenant Theology In Outline Form 27: Matthew 19

 

Shema & Historical Prologue 

1And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, He withdrew from Galilee and came to the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. 2And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

General Stipulations 

3And Pharisees came to Him, testing Him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?”

4And answering He said, “Have you not read that the One having created from the beginning ‘made them male and female, 5and said, ‘On account of this a man will leave the father and mother and be joined with his wife, and the two will become into one flesh’? —- 6so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God united together, let man not separate.”

Specific Stipulations 

7They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce and to send her away?”

8He says to them, “In view of your hardness of heart, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives; but it was not this way from the beginning. 9And I say to you that whoever shall divorce his wife except for sexual immorality, and shall marry another, commits adultery.”

Document Clause & Witnesses 

10His disciples say to Him, “If this is the case of the man with the wife, it is better not to marry.”

Covenant Renewal & Declaration of Victory 

11And He said to them, “Not all receive this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. The onebeing able to receive it, let him receive it.”