Matthew 19:9 Douay-Rheims

And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

Francis Patrick Kenrick

1796–1863 Catholic

The Greek term denotes capacity like that of a vessel to contain liquor. It is wrongly translated. P. " All men cannot receive this saying." St. Chrysostom remarks: " Christ shows that whoever enters on this career needs great aid from above, wliich, however, is granted to whosoever wills it."

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1863 · Matthew 19:9

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