Matthew 19:10 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁰ His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ The disciples said to Him, If the case of a man with his wife is like this, it is neither profitable nor advisable to marry.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁰ His disciples said to him, “If that’s the way things are between a man and his wife, then it’s better not to marry.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ His disciples said to him, "If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 19:10 Cross References

Matthew 19:11

But He said to them, "All cannot accept this saying, but [it is for those] to whom it has been given:

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except [it be ]for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marrying a divorcee commits adultery."

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they should remain as I also [remain];

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, [commanding] to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.