Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to Him, If the cause of a man with his wife is thus, it is better not to marry.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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
11And He said to them, All do not receive this word, but those to whom it has been given.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:8But I speak to the unmarried and the widows, that it is good for them that they may remain even as I:
1 Corinthians 7:32I wish you to be free from solicitude. The unmarried man cares for the things of the Lord, in order that he may please the Lord:
1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from meats, which God created for reception with thanksgiving to the faithful and to those perfectly knowing 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 →