Matthew 19:8

He says to them, Moses on account of the hardness of your heart permitted you to send away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

In Context

7They say to Him, Then why did Moses command to give a book of divorcement, and to send her away?

9But I say unto you, That whosoever may send away his wife, not for fornication, and may marry another, commits adultery.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:31And the demons continued to intreat him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to depart into the herd of swine.

1 Corinthians 7:6But I speak this according to knowledge, not according to commandment.

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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