Matthew 19:8

"Moses," said Jesus, "permitted you to divorce your wives on account of the hardness of your hearts, but from the beginning it was not so.

Montgomery New Testament

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 answered, "Why then did Moses command the husband to give her’a written bill of divorce,’ and so to put her away?"

9"And I tell you that any man who divorces his wife for any cause except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

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Cross References

Matthew 8:31and the demons began entreating him. "If you are driving us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

1 Corinthians 7:6But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.

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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