Matthew 19:7 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁷ They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"

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

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⁷ They said to Him, Why then did Moses command [us] to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife? [Deut. 24:1-4.]

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

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⁷ The Pharisees said to him, “Then why did Moses command us to give a divorce certificate and divorce her?”

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⁷ They said to him, "Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?"

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⁷ They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?

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Then Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to make her a public example, purposed to put her away secretly.

So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."

He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been thus.

"Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate.'

They said, "Moses permitted [a man] to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."