Matthew 19:8

American Standard Version (1901)

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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  • Mal 2:13-14 : 13 And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
  • Mark 10:5 : 5 But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  • Gen 7:7 : 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
  • Ps 95:8 : 8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein] .
  • Zech 7:12 : 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.
  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
  • Matt 8:31 : 31 And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

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  • Matt 19:3-7
    5 verses
    87%

    3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?

    4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,

    5and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

    6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away?

  • Mark 10:2-12
    11 verses
    84%

    2And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? trying him.

    3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

    4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

    5But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

    6But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

    7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

    8and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

    9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    10And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.

    11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

    12and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

  • Matt 19:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

    10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

    11But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

    32but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

  • Luke 16:18
    74%

    18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

  • Deut 24:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife] .

    3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

    4her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  • Luke 20:34
    69%

    34And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

  • Matt 5:27-28
    2 verses
    68%

    27Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

    28but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • Mal 2:16
    68%

    16For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

  • John 8:5
    68%

    5Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?

  • Gen 2:24
    67%

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

    11(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

  • Matt 22:29-31
    3 verses
    67%

    29But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

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

    31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

  • John 4:18
    67%

    18for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.

  • Luke 20:28-29
    2 verses
    66%

    28and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. [

    29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

  • Matt 19:18
    66%

    18He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

  • Eph 5:31
    66%

    31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

  • Mark 12:19
    66%

    19Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

  • Rom 7:3
    66%

    3So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

  • Matt 22:25
    66%

    25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    65%

    2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • Lev 19:1
    65%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Matt 14:4
    65%

    4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

  • Mark 7:12
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    12ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

  • Exod 20:14
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    14Thou shalt not commit adultery.