Matthew 19:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

Proverbs 18:22

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

1 Timothy 4:3

Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.