Matthew 19:3

The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?

Revised King James New Testament

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 him; and he healed them there.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It has been said, Whoever shall divorce his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce:

Matthew 22:16And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you defer to any man: for you do not regard the position of men.

Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and tested him, asking, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?

Mark 12:15Shall we pay, or shall we not pay? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are you testing me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

John 8:6This they said, testing him, that they might have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote 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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