Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to him: If such is the case between man and wife, it is not expedient to take a wife.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 one is capable of that thing, but he only to whom it is given.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:8And I say to them who have no wives, and to widows, that it is advantageous to them to remain as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:32And therefore I wish you to be without solicitude. For he who hath not a wife, considereth the thing of his Lord, how he may please his Lord.
1 Timothy 4:3and will forbid to marry; and will require abstinence from meats, which God hath created for use and for thankfulness, 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 →