Matthew 19:3

And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

2and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

4But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.

Matthew 22:16And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;

Mark 10:2And Pharisees coming to [him] asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? (tempting him).

Mark 12:15Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see [it].

John 8:6But this they said proving him, that they might have [something] to accuse him [of]. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger 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 →

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