Mateo 19:10

10 Los discípulos le dijeron<***>: Si así es la relación del hombre con su mujer, no conviene casarse.

Mateo 19:10 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:10

His disciples say unto him
Being surprised at this account of things, it being quite contrary to what they had been taught, and very different from the general practice and usage of their nation:

if the case of a man be so with his wife;
if they are so closely joined together in marriage; if they are, as it were, one flesh, or one body, that a man's wife is himself: that the bond between them is so inviolable, that it is not to be dissolved, but in case of adultery; that if a separation be made by a bill of divorce, in any other case, and either party marry again, they are guilty of adultery; if a man cannot part with his wife lawfully, provided she be chaste, and is faithful to his bed, let her be what she will otherwise, though ever so disagreeable in her person, and troublesome in her behaviour; though she may be passionate, and a brawler; though she may be drunken, luxurious, and extravagant, and mind not the affairs of her family, yet if she is not an adulteress, must not be put away:

it is not good to marry;
it would be more expedient and advisable for a man to live always a single life, than to run the risk of marrying a woman, that may prove very disagreeable and uncomfortable; to whom he must be bound all the days of his or her life, and, in such a case, not to be able to relieve and extricate himself. This they said under the prejudice of a national law and custom, which greatly prevailed, and under the influence of a carnal heart.

Mateo 19:10 In-Context

8 El les dijo<***>: Por la dureza de vuestro corazón, Moisés os permitió divorciaros de vuestras mujeres; pero no ha sido así desde el principio.

9 Y yo os digo que cualquiera que se divorcie de su mujer, salvo por infidelidad, y se case con otra, comete adulterio.

10 Los discípulos le dijeron<***>: Si así es la relación del hombre con su mujer, no conviene casarse.

11 Pero El les dijo: No todos pueden aceptar este precepto, sino sólo aquellos a quienes les ha sido dado.

12 Porque hay eunucos que así nacieron desde el seno de su madre, y hay eunucos que fueron hechos eunucos por los hombres, y también hay eunucos que a sí mismos se hicieron eunucos por causa del reino de los cielos. El que pueda aceptar esto, que lo acepte.