Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to him, If thus be the case between the man and the woman, it is not expedient to take a wife.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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, Not every man is sufficient for this doctrine, but he to whom it is given.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to those who have no wives, and to the widows, that it is expedient for them to remain as I do.
1 Corinthians 7:32Wherefore I would that you be without anxiety; for he who hath not a wife thinketh of the things of his Lord, that so he may please his Lord;
1 Timothy 4:3and prohibiting to marry, and abstaining from meats, which Aloha created to be used with thanksgiving by them 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 →