Matthew 19:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to ‘give her a certificate of divorce and put her away?’”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ They said to Him, Why then did Moses command [us] to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife? [Deut. 24:1-4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?

Common English Bible

⁷ The Pharisees said to him, “Then why did Moses command us to give a divorce certificate and divorce her?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ They said to him, "Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?

Matthew 19:7 Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Jeremiah 3:8

I noted that when backsliding Israel committed adultery I sent her away and gave her a certificate of divorce. Yet, unfaithful Judah, her sister, did not fear. Instead she also went and committed adultery.

Malachi 2:16

“For I hate divorce,” —says Adonai the God of Israel— “and the one who covers his garment with injustice,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. So protect your spirit— do not act treacherously.

Matthew 1:19

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

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate.”

Matthew 19:8

Yeshua said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Matthew 5:31

“It was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

Mark 10:4

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