Matthew 19:1-12
Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any reason?
What did the Pharisees as Jesus to test him?
To lay his hands on the them and pray.
Why were children brought to Jesus?
Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?
What did the man ask Jesus?
And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would draw near to God must . . .
believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. Hebrews 11:6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, . . .
and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
What is Jesus' response to the Pharisees?
Don't bring those brats to Jesus.
What did the disciples do?
Keep the commandments.
How did Jesus answer the man?
And there is salvation in no one else, . . .
for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12
Train up a child in the way he should go:
even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6.
Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and send her away?
What is the Pharisees next question?
Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them.
How did Jesus respond to the disciples?
All these I have kept.
How did the man answer Jesus?
Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord, " will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one . . .
who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 7:21.
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, . . .
and forsake not your mother's teaching. Proverbs 1:8.
Because of the hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce you wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
What was Jesus' next response?
for such belongs the kingdom of heaven.
Who did Jesus say the kingdom of heaven belongs?
Go sell all that you have and give to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven.
How did Jesus answer the man?
If we confess our sins, he . . .
is faithful to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9.
There is a way that seems right to a man, . . .
But its end is death. Proverbs 4:12.
If such is the case of a man with his wife, but from the beginning it was not so.
How did the disciples respond to Jesus answer.
He laid his hands upon them and went away.
What did Jesus do with the children?
A camel to go through the eye of the needle.
What is easier than a rich man going to heaven?
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God . . .
that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:13.
Iron sharpens iron, . . .
and one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17.