Matthew 19:9

“It is he who gives them meaning and grants them the grace which is indispensable for living them out in conformity with his will.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 19:3-12.

“observance of the Commandments, is joined to the call to poverty and chastity.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 19:6-12, 21, 23-29.

“"What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."” — Catechism footnote: Mk 109; cf. Mt 19:1-12; 1 Cor 7: 10-11.

“The Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:31-32; 19:3-9; Mk 10 9; Lk 16:18; 1 Cor 7:10-ll.

“In Matthew it is more fully expressed, “Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication.” [Matt 19:9] The only carnal cause then is fornication; the only spiritual cause is the fear of God, that a man should put away his wife to enter into religion…” — the author cites it

“He says also, It is not lawful for a man to put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication (Ibid.” — the author cites it

“And so on, down to the words, “He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”” — editor's note: Matt. xix. 1–12.

“For it is not lawful to put away a wife, save because of fornication, as the Lord Himself saith in the Gospel.” — editor's note: Matt. xix. 9

“Therefore, concerning the good of marriage, which the Lord also confirmed in the Gospel, not only in that He forbade to put away a wife, save because of fornication, but also in that He came by invitation to a marriage, there is good ground to inquire for what reason it be a good.” — editor's note: Matt. xix. 9

“But in this section of the Gospel nothing is to be more steadily kept in view, than that so great is the evil of fornication, that, while married people are bound to one another by so strong a bond, this one cause of divorce is excepted; but as to what fornication is, that we have already discussed.” — editor's note: The law permitted divorce for “some uncleanness” (Deut. xxiv. 1). In the time of Christ divorce was allowed on trivial grounds. While Schammai interpreted the…

“…relates to those who are living in wedlock, whether it is lawful for them to put away their wives, a thing which the Lord also has forbidden in the Gospel.” — editor's note: Matt. xix. 9.

“The Lord has given commandment that a wife must not be put away “except it be for fornication, and that, if put away, she must remain unmarried.”” — editor's note: Matt. xix. 9; 1 Cor. vii. 11.

“…on a disjunction of wedlock (for that cause, I mean, which makes it lawful, whether for husband or wife, to persist in the perpetual observance of widowhood), she waits for, she yearns for, she persuades by her entreaties, repentance in all who are one day to enter salvation?” — editor's note: What the cause is is disputed. Opinions are divided as to whether Tertullian means by it “marriage with a heathen” (which as Mr. Dodgson reminds us,…

Having stopped their mouths, He now set forth the Law with authority, saying, “But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and marrieth another, committeth adultery.

Perhaps some one will say, that Jesus in thus speaking, suffered wives to be put away for the same cause that Moses suffered them, which He says was for the hardness of the hearts of the Jews. But to this it is to be…

It is fornication alone which destroys the relationship of the wife; for when she has divided one flesh into two, and has separated herself by fornication from her husband, she is not to be retained, lest she should…

For as he is cruel and unjust that puts away a chaste wife, so is he a fool and unjust that retains an unchaste; for in that he hides the guilt of his wife, he is an encourager of foulness.

For a reunion of the wedlock, even after actual commission of adultery, is neither shameful nor difficult, where there is an undoubted remission of sin through the keys of the kingdom of heaven; not that after being…

For every thing by whatsoever causes it is created, by the same is it destroyed. It is not matrimony but the will that makes the union; and therefore it is not a separation of bodies but a separation of wills that…

There is then but one carnal cause why a wife should be put away, that is, fornication; and but one spiritual, that is, the fear of God. But there is no cause why while she who has been put away is alive, another…

For it might be that a man might falsely charge an innocent wife, and for the sake of another woman might fasten an accusation upon her. Therefore it is commanded so to put away the first, that a second be not…

He says this to the terror of him that would take her to wife, for the adulteress would have no fear of disgrace.

Matthew 19:9 and Mark 10:11 share the same wording (9 words).

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (7) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in Catechism §2382.

Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 3.

Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.16.

Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.16.

Cited together in Catechism §2364 and 2 other places.

Cited together in Catechism §2364 and 2 other places.

Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 15.

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 19:9 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:9 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Catechism §2382.

Cited together in Catechism §2382 and 1 other place.