Matthew 19:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. They came up to him and asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

Cross References

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tried to test him by asking for a sign from heaven.

Matthew 22:35

One of them was an expert in the Jewish Law. So he tried to test Jesus by asking,

Mark 10:2

Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. So they came up to him and asked if it was right for a man to divorce his wife.

Mark 12:13

The Pharisees got together with Herod's followers. Then they sent some men to trick Jesus into saying something wrong.

Mark 12:15

Jesus knew what they were up to, and he said, “Why are you trying to test me? Show me a coin!”

John 8:6

They asked Jesus this question, because they wanted to test him and bring some charge against him. But Jesus simply bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.

1 Corinthians 7:10

I instruct married couples to stay together, and this is exactly what the Lord himself taught. A wife who leaves her husband

Hebrews 3:9

For forty years your ancestors tested God and saw the things he did. “Then God got tired of them and said, ‘You people never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do.’