Matthew 19:10
The disciples say unto him—If, so, is the cause of the husband with the wife, it is not expedient to marry.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 unto them—Not all, find room for he word, save they to whom it hath been given;
Cross References
Proverbs 5:15Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
Proverbs 19:13Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard,—and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman, quarrelsome and provoking.
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say, to the unmarried, and to the widows, good, were it for them, that they should abide, even as I;
1 Corinthians 7:32And I desire you to be, without anxiety:—the unmarried man, is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, [commanding] to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally 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 →