Matthew 19:8
He said to them, Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?
Cross References
Matthew 8:31So the devils begged him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.
1 Corinthians 7:6But I speak this as a concession, and not as a commandment.
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 →