Matthew 19:3
And the Pharisees came to him to tempt him, and said to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2And many multitudes followed him; and he cured them there.
Cross References
Matthew 5:31It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
Matthew 22:16And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any one: for you do not look upon the person of men.
Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and that they might tempt him, asked him the question: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
Mark 12:15Must we give, or must we not give? But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them: Why do you tempt me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.
John 8:6This they said to tempt him, that they might bring an accusation against him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:2-3
Christ Leaves Galilee and Enters Judea. 1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. We have here an account of Christ's removal. Observe, 1. He left Galilee. There he had been brought up, and had spent the greatest part of his life in that remote despicable part of the country; it was only upon occasion of the feasts, that he came up to Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →