Matthew 19:7
They said to him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of divorce and then to send her away?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 50:1This is what Yahweh says, 1 “Where is the certificate of divorce with which I divorced your mother? 1 To which of my creditors did I sell you? 1 Look, you were sold because of your sins, and because of your rebellion, your mother was sent away. 1
Malachi 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and the one who covers his garment with violence,” says Yahweh of hosts. “So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless.”
Matthew 5:31It was also said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
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 →