Matthew 19:8
He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away?
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
1 Samuel 25:43David had also taken Ahinoam of Jizreel; and they became, even both of them, his wives.
Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
Malachi 2:13And further ye do this: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the oblation any more, nor receiveth [it] with satisfaction at your hand.
Matthew 8:31and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
1 Corinthians 7:6But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].
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 →