Matthew 19:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Matthew 19:10 Cross References

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Matthew 19:9

And 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.

Matthew 19:11

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.