Matthew 19:8 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁸ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He said to them, Because of the hardness (stubbornness and perversity) of your hearts Moses permitted you to dismiss and repudiate and divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so [ordained].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ Jesus replied, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because your hearts are unyielding. But it wasn’t that way from the beginning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ He said to them: "Although Moses permitted you to separate from your wives, due to the hardness of your heart, it was not that way from the beginning.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Matthew 19:8 Cross References

Matthew 19:7

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

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."

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness."Then he permitted Him.

Matthew 8:31

So the demons implored Him, saying, "If You cast us out, permit us to go off into the herd of swine."

Mark 10:5

And Jesus answered and said to them, "In view of your hardheartedness he wrote this commandment for you.

Mark 16:14

Afterwards He appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been raised.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.