Matthew 19:8
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Samuel 25:43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where 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 this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering anymore, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Matthew 8:31And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
1 Corinthians 7:6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
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 →