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Matthew 19:7

They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

In Context

6So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been this way.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31“Furthermore it has been said, ‘ Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate.’

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 →

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