Matthew 1:19 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁹ And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, made up his mind to dismiss her secretly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just and upright man and not willing to expose her publicly and to shame and disgrace her, decided to repudiate and dismiss (divorce) her quietly and secretly.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn’t want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Then Joseph, her husband, since he was just and was not willing to hand her over, preferred to send her away secretly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.

Matthew 1:19 Cross References

Genesis 38:24

About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been a prostitute—look, she’s even pregnant by prostitution.” “Bring her out!” Judah said, “and let her be burned.”

Genesis 6:9

These are the genealogies of Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He was blameless among his generation. Noah continually walked with God.

Leviticus 19:20

“If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, but not ransomed or given her freedom, they are both to be punished. But they are not to be put to death, because she was not free.

Leviticus 20:10

“The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress should surely be put to death.

Mark 10:4

The Pharisees said, “Moses permitted a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.”

Mark 6:20

For Herod was in awe of John and kept him safe, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When he listened to John he was confused, but he still listened gladly.

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Ruach ha-Kodesh was on him.

Acts 10:22

And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well-spoken of by all the Jewish people, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Acts 27:39

Then when daylight came, they did not recognize the land; but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they planned to run the ship aground if they could.

2 Corinthians 1:15

Because of this confidence, I was planning to come to you first, so that you might have a second benefit—

Deuteronomy 22:20

“But if this thing is true—that the signs of virginity were not found in the young lady—