Matthew 19:10
His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
Berean Standard Bible
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
11“Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
1 Corinthians 7:8Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:32I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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 →