Matthew 19:3

Pharisees came to him, testing him, saying to him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”

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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?

In Context

2Great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

4Jesus answered and said, “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It was also said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'

Matthew 22:16Then they sent to him their disciples, together with the Herodians. They said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach God's way in truth. You care for no one's opinion, and you do not show partiality between people.

Mark 10:2Then Pharisees came to him to test him and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”

Mark 12:15But Jesus knew their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius so I can look at it.”

John 8:6They said this in order to trap him so that they might have something to accuse him about, but Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:2-3

Christ Leaves Galilee and Enters Judea. 1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. We have here an account of Christ's removal. Observe, 1. He left Galilee. There he had been brought up, and had spent the greatest part of his life in that remote despicable part of the country; it was only upon occasion of the feasts, that he came up to Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →

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