Divorce

Permitted under some circumstances because of the hardness of the people’s hearts, but as explained by Jesus, “from the beginning it was not so” (Matt. 19:3–12). Regulation concerning divorce under the law of Moses is found in Lev. 21:14; Deut. 22:19, 29; 24:1–4. In the New Testament there are instructions relating to divorce in Matt. 5:31–32; 19:3–12; Mark 10:2–12; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor. 7:10–17.