Matthew 19:10
The disciples say to him, If such be the case of a man with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Noyes 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
11But he said to them, All cannot receive this saying, but they only to whom it is given.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:15Drink water out of thine own cistern. And running water out of thine own well:
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am;
1 Corinthians 7:32and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for 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 →