MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 19:8 Because of your hardness of heart means, “because there was rebellion against God among you, leading to broken marriage covenants.” God therefore provided divorce for dealing with such cases. From the beginning it was not so points to God’s original intent that marriage would be lifelong and that, even when divorce is permitted on very specific grounds, it is never required. See note on Deut. 24:1–4.

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