Matthew 19:10
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
KJV
λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ· εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός, οὐ συμφέρει γαμῆσαι.
Greek NT
Dicunt ei discipuli ejus : Si ita est causa hominis cum uxore, non expedit nubere.
Vulgate
The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.
ASV
His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰτία
aitia
noun · 20×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γαμέω
gameo
verb · 28×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
συμφέρω
sumphero
verb · 17×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: μαθηταί | WH/NIV: μαθηταί | Treg/NA/RP: + αὐτοῦ
- μαθηταί — SBLGNT
- μαθηταί — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῦ — Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 3 passages
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§2053To this first reply Jesus adds a second: "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."2 This reply does not do away with the first: following Jesus Christ involves keeping the Commandments. the Law has not been abolished,3 but rather man is invited to rediscover it in the person of his Maste…
§2364The married couple forms "the intimate partnership of life and love established by the Creator and governed by his laws; it is rooted in the conjugal covenant, that is, in their irrevocable personal consent."146 Both give themselves definitively and totally to one another. They are no longer two; from now on they form one flesh. the covenant they freely contracted imposes on th…
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