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Matthew 19:7

Thei seien to hym, What thanne comaundide Moises, to yyue a libel of forsakyng, and to leeue of?

Wycliffe (portions)

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

6And so thei ben not now tweyne, but o fleisch. Therfor a man departe not that thing that God hath ioyned.

8And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31And it hath be seyd, Who euere leeueth his wijf, yyue he to hir a libel of forsakyng.

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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