Matthew 19:10

Catholic Public Domain Version

His disciples said to him, "If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry."

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

The Lord God also said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself."

Proverbs 18:22

He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.

Matthew 19:11

And he said to them: "Not everyone is able to grasp this word, but only those to whom it has been given.

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery."

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.

1 Timothy 4:3

prohibiting marriage, abstaining from foods, which God has created to be accepted with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who have understood the truth.