Matthew 19:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ And the Pharisees came to Him, trying Him, and saying to Him, “Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every reason?”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Common English Bible

³ Some Pharisees came to him. In order to test him, they said, “Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And the Pharisees approached him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to separate from his wife, no matter what the cause?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matthew 19:3 Cross References

Matthew 16:1

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 22:35

and one of them, one learned in the Torah, did question, trying Him, and saying,

Mark 10:2

And Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it right for a man to put away his wife?” – trying Him.

Mark 12:13

And they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in a word.

Mark 12:15

Should we pay, or should we not pay? And He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you try Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

John 8:6

And this they said, trying Him, so that they might accuse Him. But יהושע, bending down, wrote on the ground with the finger, as though He did not hear.

1 Corinthians 7:10

And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should not separate from a husband.

Hebrews 3:9

where your fathers tried Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.