I (Shayne) remember preaching through Matthew and coming to chapter 19 and the section on divorce. When I announced my text, and told people it was about divorce, you could hear a pin drop. I looked out to see friends who have been divorced dreading the condemnation they were certain was coming. But Jesus teaching on divorce is meant to spare us pain, not cause it. It fits directly into his brilliant instruction on the righteousness that surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees – the righteousness of the heart.