Matthew 19:10
The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 5:15Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:32But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:
1 Timothy 4:3Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13
The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →