Matthew 19:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts, Mosheh allowed you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

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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.

Matthew 19:8 Cross References

Genesis 2:24

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

And Noaḥ

Psalm 95:8

“Do not harden your hearts as in Meriḇ

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus said יהוה, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and find rest for yourselves. But they said, ‘We do not walk in it.’

Zechariah 7:12

“And they made their hearts like flint against hearing the Torah, and the words, which יהוה  of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from יהוה  of hosts.

Matthew 19:7

They said to Him, “Why then did Mosheh command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

Matthew 19:9

“And I say to you, whoever puts away his wife, except on the ground of whoring, and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been put away commits adultery.”

Matthew 3:15

But יהושע  answering, said to him, “Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fill all righteousness.” Then he permitted Him.

Matthew 8:31

and the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Mark 10:5

And יהושע  said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this command.

Mark 16:14

Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table. And He reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He was raised.

1 Corinthians 7:6

And I say this as a concession, not as a command.

1 Samuel 25:43

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