Matthew 19:7
“Why, then,” they said, “did Moses direct that a man should ‘serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her’?”
Twentieth Century New Testament
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
Cross References
Matthew 5:31It was also said — ‘Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.’
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 →