Matthew 19:3

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

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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 ye not read, that he who made them , at the beginning made them male and female,

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It hath been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Matthew 22:16And they sent out to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man : for thou regardest not the person of men.

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

Mark 12:15Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it .

John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not .

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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