Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Text-Critical English NT

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 said to him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”

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Cross References

Matthew 8:31So the demons begged Jesus, “If yoʋ cast us out, let us 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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