Matthew 19:8

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He said to them, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not this way from the beginning."

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  • Mal 2:13-14 : 13 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offering or accepts it with favor from your hands. 14 Yet you ask, 'Why?' Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 Jesus answered him, 'Allow it for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness.' Then John allowed Him.
  • Mark 10:5 : 5 Jesus said to them, 'He wrote this commandment for you because of the hardness of your hearts.'
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  • Gen 7:7 : 7 Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
  • Ps 95:8 : 8 do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 This is what the Lord says: 'Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'
  • Zech 7:12 : 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.
  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
  • Matt 8:31 : 31 The demons begged Him, 'If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.'

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  • Matt 19:3-7
    5 verses
    87%

    3Some Pharisees came to him, testing him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

    4He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator, from the beginning, made them male and female?"

    5And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

    7They said to him, "Why then did Moses command that a certificate of divorce be given and the woman sent away?"

  • Mark 10:2-12
    11 verses
    84%

    2Some Pharisees approached him to test him, asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?'

    3Jesus answered them, 'What did Moses command you?'

    4They replied, 'Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.'

    5Jesus said to them, 'He wrote this commandment for you because of the hardness of your hearts.'

    6'But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.'

    7'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

    8'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.'

    9'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.'

    10Back at the house, the disciples asked him again about this matter.

    11He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Matt 19:9-11
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    81%

    9I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

    10The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

    11But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given."

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

    32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Luke 16:18
    74%

    18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Deut 24:1-4
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    72%

    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

    2When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife.

    3If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies,

    4then her first husband, who sent her away, is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

  • Luke 20:34
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    34Jesus replied to them, 'The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

    28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Mal 2:16
    68%

    16For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He hates divorce, and He covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful.

  • John 8:5
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    5In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

  • Gen 2:24
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    24For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

    11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

  • Matt 22:29-31
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    29Jesus answered them, 'You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

    30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.'

    31And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

  • John 4:18
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    18For you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken the truth."

  • Luke 20:28-29
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    28'Teacher,' they said, 'Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but has no children, the man should marry the widow to raise up offspring for his brother.'

    29Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died childless.

  • Matt 19:18
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    18The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

  • Eph 5:31
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    31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

  • Mark 12:19
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    19'Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife but no children, the man should marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.'

  • Rom 7:3
    66%

    3Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  • Lev 19:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Matt 14:4
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    4For John had been telling him, 'It is not lawful for you to have her.'

  • Mark 7:12
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    12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

  • Exod 20:14
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    14You shall not commit adultery.