Matthew 19:10
“If that's the situation between husband and wife, it's better not to marry!” his disciples told him.
Free Bible Version
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 instruction, only those it's given to,” Jesus told them.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
Proverbs 19:13A stupid son makes his father miserable, and an argumentative wife is like dripping that never stops.
Proverbs 21:19It's better to live in a desert than with an argumentative and bad-tempered wife.
1 Corinthians 7:8To those who are not yet married, or who are widowed, I would say it is better if they remain like me.
1 Corinthians 7:32I would prefer you to be free from such worries. A man who is not married pays attention to what is important to the Lord, and how he can please the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:3tell people to not marry and not to eat certain foods made by God that should be accepted with thanks by those who trust 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 →