Matthew 19:8

He says to them: “Because of your hard-heartedness Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

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In The King James Version

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

In Context

7They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce and to dismiss her?”

9And I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries a divorcee commits adultery.”

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Cross References

Matthew 8:31So the demons kept imploring Him saying, “Since you are going to cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of pigs.”

1 Corinthians 7:6Now I say this as a concession, not as a command

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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