Matthew 19:10

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a [true] wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. [Prov. 19:14; 31:10.]

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious woman and with vexation.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.

Matthew 19:11

But He said to them, Not all men can accept this saying, but it is for those to whom [the capacity to receive] it has been given.

Matthew 19:9

I say to you: whoever dismisses (repudiates, divorces) his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:8

But to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain [single] even as I do.

1 Timothy 4:3

Who forbid people to marry and [teach them] to abstain from [certain kinds of] foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have [an increasingly clear] knowledge of the truth.