Matthew 19:8
He saith unto them—Moses, in view of your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives; From the beginning however, hath it not been done, thus.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say unto him—Why then did, Moses, command, to give a writing of repudiation and to divorce?
Cross References
Genesis 2:24For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
1 Samuel 25:43David took, Ahinoam also, out of Jezreel,—and, they two, became his wives.
Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Yahweh—Stand ye at the ways—and see, And ask for the paths of age-past times, Where is the good way? And walk therein, And ye shall find rest to your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein]!
Malachi 2:13And, this, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry,—because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive [it] with acceptance, at your hands?
Matthew 8:31and, the demons, began to beseech him, saying, If thou dost cast us out, send us away, into the herd of swine.
1 Corinthians 7:6This, however I am saying, by way of concession, not of injunction;
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 →