Matthew 19:10

His disciples said unto him, If the case of a man with his wife be thus, it is not expedient to marry.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

9And I tell you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for whoredom, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth the divorced woman, committeth adultery.

11Then he said to them, All men are not capable of receiving this saying, but they to whom it is given.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:8I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.

1 Corinthians 7:32But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord:

1 Timothy 4:3prohibiting marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and those who acknowledge 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 →

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