Matthew 19:10

His disciples say to him, If the cause of a man with his wife is so, it speedeth not to be wedded (or it is more expedient not to be married).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

9And I say to you, that whoever leaveth his wife, [no] but for fornication, and weddeth another, doeth lechery [or doeth adultery]; and he that weddeth the forsaken wife, doeth lechery [or doeth adultery].

11And he said to them, Not all men take this word; (no) but they to which it is given. (And he said to them, Everyone cannot receive this word; only those to whom it is given.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:15Drink thou water of thy cistern, and the floods of thy well. (Drink thou water from thy own cistern, and the out-flowings from thy own well.)

Proverbs 19:13The sorrow of the father is a fond son; and roofs dropping continually is a woman full of chiding. (A father’s sorrow (is) a foolish son; and a woman full of arguments, (or of bickering, is) like a roof continually dripping water.)

Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.

1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to them, that be not wedded, and to widows, it is good to them, if they dwell so as I. (But I say to them, who be not wedded, and to widows, it is good for them, if they remain like I am.)

1 Corinthians 7:32But I will, that ye be without busyness (or But I desire, that ye be without cares or concerns), for he that is without (a) wife, is busy (with) what things (that) be of the Lord, how he shall please God.

1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to be wedded, and to abstain from meats, which God made to take with (the) doing of thankings, to faithful men, and them that have known the truth. (forbidding to be wedded, and to abstain from foods, which God made to be received with thanksgiving, or with the giving of thanks, by faithful men, and by those who have known 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 →

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