Matthew 19:3

And Pharisees came to him, and tempted him and said: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

2And great multitudes followed after him, and he healed them there.

4And he answered and said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning, made them a male and a female?

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It hath been said, That if a man will put away his wife, he must give her a writing of divorcement.

Matthew 22:16And they sent to him their disciples, with domestics of Herod, and said to him: Teacher, we know that thou art veracious, and teachest the way of God with truth, regardless of man, for thou hast no respect of persons.

Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and, tempting him, inquired if it were lawful for a man to divorce his wife.

Mark 12:15And he knew their wile, and said to them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

John 8:6And this they said, tempting him, so that they might have ground to accuse him. But Jesus having stooped down, was writing on the ground.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:2-3

Christ Leaves Galilee and Enters Judea. 1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. We have here an account of Christ's removal. Observe, 1. He left Galilee. There he had been brought up, and had spent the greatest part of his life in that remote despicable part of the country; it was only upon occasion of the feasts, that he came up to Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →

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