Matthew 19:7
They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put her away?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
In Context
6Wherefore they were not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath united, let not man sunder.
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 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 →